Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

granulocyte

/ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: gran-u-lo-cyte
IPA: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.

Example Sentences

"This is easily explained, because pathological cells that are only occasional wanderers into the free circulation, aside from the granulocyte group, probably all are "mononuclear" , "non-granular", and "large" , characteristics which, all authors agree, brand cells as belonging to the "large lymphocytes"."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin grānulumbor. French granulebor. English granule Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English granulocyte From granule + -o- + -cyte.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/
British English: /ˈɡɹan.jə.ləʊˌsaɪt/

Inflected Forms

granulocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

antigranulocyte granulocytic granulocytopenia granulocytopenic granulocytosis

Phrases

basophilic granulocyte eosinophil granulocyte eosinophilic granulocyte granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor neutrophil granulocyte neutrophilic granulocyte

Frequently Paired Words

agranulocyte progranulocyte

Questions

How do you pronounce granulocyte?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹæn.jə.loʊˌsaɪt/.
What does granulocyte mean?: Any of various white blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.
Where does granulocyte come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Italic *grānom Latin grānum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin ulum Latin grānulumbor. French granulebor. English granule Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English granulocyte From granule + -o- + -cyte.

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