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mid cell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
mid -cell
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white blood cell, such as a monocyte or blast cell, with around 100 femtoliters in volume, greater than most lymphocytes and less than most granulocytes.

Etymology

From mid (“middle”) + cell, named after the fact that the cell appears as part of the middle peak of three peaks usually seen in a white blood cell histogram organized by cell volume and analyzed in three parts.

Inflected Forms

mid cells (plural) mid-cell (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

lymphocyte granulocyte

Synonyms

MID

Questions

What does mid cell mean?
A white blood cell, such as a monocyte or blast cell, with around 100 femtoliters in volume, greater than most lymphocytes and less than most granulocytes.
Where does mid cell come from?
From mid (“middle”) + cell, named after the fact that the cell appears as part of the middle peak of three peaks usually seen in a white blood cell histogram organized by cell volume and analyzed in three parts.

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