NCBI/NLM/NIH Entrez Glossary 19 May 1997

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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
NCBI/NLM/NIH Glossary

leukocytes: White blood cells. These include granular leukocytes (BASOPHILS, EOSINOPHILS, and NEUTROPHILS) as well as non-granular leukocytes (LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES)