| ADIPOCYTES | • adipocytes n. Plural of adipocyte. • ADIPOCYTE n. a fat cell. |
| AMEBOCYTES | • amebocytes n. Plural of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte. • AMEBOCYTE n. a cell, like a leukocyte, having amoeboid form, also AMOEBOCYTE. |
| ASTROCYTES | • astrocytes n. Plural of astrocyte. • ASTROCYTE n. a much-branched, star-shaped neuroglia cell. |
| ATHROCYTES | • athrocytes n. Plural of athrocyte. • ATHROCYTE n. a cell having the ability to move and store foreign matter. |
| COENOCYTES | • coenocytes n. Plural of coenocyte. • COENOCYTE n. a multinucleate unicellular organism in slime molds, fungi and algae. |
| FIBROCYTES | • fibrocytes n. Plural of fibrocyte. • FIBROCYTE n. a normally inactive fibroblast which proliferates following tissue damage. |
| HAEMOCYTES | • haemocytes n. Plural of haemocyte. • HAEMOCYTE n. a blood cell, esp. a red cell, also HEMOCYTE. |
| IRIDOCYTES | • iridocytes n. Plural of iridocyte. • IRIDOCYTE n. a cell in the skin of a fish that gives the fish iridescence. |
| LEUCOCYTES | • leucocytes n. Plural of leucocyte. • LEUCOCYTE n. a colourless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, also LEUKOCYTE. |
| LEUKOCYTES | • leukocytes n. Plural of leukocyte. • LEUKOCYTE n. a colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, also LEUCOCYTE. |
| MACROCYTES | • macrocytes n. Plural of macrocyte. • MACROCYTE n. an abnormally large red blood corpuscle. |
| MICROCYTES | • microcytes n. Plural of microcyte. • MICROCYTE n. an unusually small red blood cell. |
| MYELOCYTES | • myelocytes n. Plural of myelocyte. • MYELOCYTE n. a nerve-cell of the brain or spinal cord. |
| OSTEOCYTES | • osteocytes n. Plural of osteocyte. • OSTEOCYTE n. a cell that is characteristic of adult bone. |
| PHAGOCYTES | • phagocytes n. Plural of phagocyte. • PHAGOCYTE n. a white blood corpuscle that engulfs bacteria and other harmful particles. |
| SPOROCYTES | • sporocytes n. Plural of sporocyte. • SPOROCYTE n. a diploid cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores. |
| THYMOCYTES | • thymocytes n. Plural of thymocyte. • THYMOCYTE n. a lymphocyte found in the thymus. |