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LEUKOCYTE -
Noun: One of five recognised types of white blood cells. They are small, colourless cells that have a nucleus and destroy bacterial and viral infections, have immunity reactions creating antibodies , play a role in handling allergies, and clean up dead cells and foreign material in the blood.

Greek - leukós = white +
-cyte = a cell from Greek - kytos = anything hollow.

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