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Definition of white blood cell noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

white blood cell

noun

/ˌwaɪt ˈblʌd sel/

/ˌwaɪt ˈblʌd sel/

(also white cell)

(also specialist leucocyte)

(biology)

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any of the clear cells in the blood that help to fight disease

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