monocito

See also: monócito

Italian

Noun

monocito m (plural monociti)

1. monocyte

Related terms

• monocitario

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Monozyt, coined by A. Ferrata and A. Pappenheim in 1910; equivalent to a blend of mononuclear +‎ leucocito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /monoˈθito/ [mo.noˈθi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /monoˈsito/ [mo.noˈsi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mo‧no‧ci‧to

Noun

monocito m (plural monocitos)

1. (cytology) monocyte

   Hypernym: leucocito

See also

• macrófago

Further reading

• “monocito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16