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GRANULOCYTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("granulocyte" is a kind of...):
leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
Derivation:
granulocytic (of or relating to granulocytes)
Context examples:
A deficiency in the number of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell.
(Neutropenia, NCI Dictionary)
A decrease in the number of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils) in the peripheral blood. — 2004
(Neutropenia, NCI Thesaurus)
A biosimilar of pegfilgrastim, a long-acting pegylated form of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) filgrastim, with hematopoietic activity.
(Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar LA-EP2006, NCI Thesaurus)
In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), there are too many granulocytes, a type of white blood cell.
(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A long-acting, pegylated recombinant variant of human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) with immunomodulating activity.
(Pegylated Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor MAXY-G34, NCI Thesaurus)
An allogeneic tumor cell vaccine containing myeloma cancer cells transfected with the granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Based Myeloma Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
An allogenic vaccine consisting of irradiated breast cancer cells transfected with the granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene.
(Allogeneic GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
PLAB regulates tissue differentiation and maintenance and reduces the growth of granulocytes and macrophages.
(Placental TGF-Beta, NCI Thesaurus)
An autologous tumor cell vaccine containing irradiated breast cancer cells transfected with the granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Autologous GM-CSF-Secreting Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
In both chemotherapy- and radiation therapy-induced animal models of myelosuppression, this agent has been shown to restore granulocyte, erythrocyte, and platelet counts to normal levels.
(Plant-Derived Hematopoiesis Enhancer PG2, NCI Thesaurus)
