loading...| Preferred Name | Monocyte | |
| Synonyms |
MONOCYTE Monocyte Monocytes monocyte |
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| Definitions |
Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles. |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12547 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocyte produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; containing a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles. A type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and travels through the blood to tissues in the body where it becomes a macrophage. Macrophages surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, remove dead cells, and boost immune responses. A monocyte is a type of white blood cell and a type of phagocyte. |
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| code |
C12547 |
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| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C78734 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC CTRP |
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| DEFINITION |
Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles. |
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| Display_Name |
Monocyte |
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| FULL_SYN |
MONOCYTE Monocyte Monocytes monocyte |
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| label |
Monocyte |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Monocyte |
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| Preferred_Name |
Monocyte |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C12547 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Cell |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0026473 |
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| subClassOf |