| granulocytic sarcoma |
This designation applies to a local tumor composed of leukemic myeloblasts and sometimes related myeloid cells. These tumors occur outside the marrow and have been observed beneath the skin and in many other sites. They may be the first evidence of leukemia, or may occur after the disease has been diagnosed.
Ãâó: www.cllinfo.com/Glossary/glossary_G.html
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| granulocyte |
Leukocyte with conspicuous cytoplasmic granules. In humans the granulocytes are also classified as polymorphonuclear leucocytes and are subdivided according to the staining properties of the granules into eosinophils, basophils and neutrophils. Plays important role in antimicrobial defense and modulate allergic and inflammatory responses.
Ãâó: www.solvo.hu/glossary.html
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| granulocyte |
A type of white blood cell responsible for engulfing and digesting micro-organisms. Granulocytes consist of three types of phagocytic, or cell-eating, cells: basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils.
Ãâó: www.cancercenter.com/stem-cell/stem-cell-glossary....
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| granulomas |
lumps formed from clumps or aggregates of inflammatory cells
Ãâó: www.nutrition-matters.co.uk/misc/glossary.htm
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| granuloma |
an inflammatory response that results when macrophages are unable to destroy foreign substances that have entered or invaded body tissue. scar tissue from a previous infection or inflammation.
Ãâó: www.mdscreening.com/medterms.php
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