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white blood cells

NOUN
cells that eat bacteria and fungi
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Two types of white blood cells are involved - the B cells and T cells which normally protect the body from infection.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

At the age of 3, he was diagnosed with leukemia: a cancer that causes the body to produce too many abnormal white blood cells.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Specifically, Kelonia is developing intravenous “in vivo” cell therapies—next-generation genetic medicines that reprogram white blood cells directly inside the body.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

When you get injured, your immune system sends certain white blood cells to calm pain-sensing neurons and inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

He had precipitated it in dense, swirling strands out of white blood cells that he had wrung out of human pus in surgical dressings.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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