polymorphonuclear

US:USA pronunciation: respelling(pol′ē môr′fə no̅o̅′klē ər, -nyo̅o̅′- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər)



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pol•y•mor•pho•nu•cle•ar  (pol′ē môr′fə no̅o̅′klē ər, -nyo̅o̅′- or, by metathesis, -kyə lər),USA pronunciation adj. [Cell Biol.]
  1. Cell Biology(of a leukocyte) having a lobulate nucleus.
  • poly- + morpho- + nuclear 1895–1900
    See nuclear. 
'polymorphonuclear' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
microphage

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