An achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue. [ GOC:add GOC:tfm https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A978-0-323-05290-0 ]
Synonyms: white blood cell leucocyte immune cell
Term information
- BTO:0000751
- CALOHA:TS-0549
- FMA:62852
- MESH:D007962
Term relations
- hematopoietic cell and bearer of some nucleated and capable of some ameboidal-type cell migration
- motile cell
- hematopoietic cell
- nucleate cell
- develops from some hematopoietic stem cell
- part of some immune system
- capable of some ameboidal-type cell migration
- only in taxon some Vertebrata