1. (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

• leucocyte
• leukocyte
• wbc
• white blood cell
• white cell
• white corpuscle

1. (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

• basophil
• basophile
• eosinophil
• eosinophile
• granulocyte
• lymph cell
• lymphocyte
• monocyte
• myeloblast
• myelocyte
• neutrophil
• neutrophile

1. (noun) blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

• blood cell
• blood corpuscle
• corpuscle
• free phagocyte