n :  a large white blood cell with finely granulated chromatin dispersed throughout the nucleus that is formed in the bone marrow, enters the blood, and migrates into the connective tissue where it differentiates into a macrophage mono*cyt*ic adj mono*cyt*oid adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:   monoacid 
 
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