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Granulocyte vs Myelocyte - What's the difference?

granulocyte | myelocyte |

As nouns the difference between granulocyte and myelocyte

is that granulocyte is (cytology|immunology) any of various blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm while myelocyte is a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature.

granulocyte

English

(wikipedia granulocyte)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology, immunology) Any of various blood cells that have granules in their cytoplasm.

    • Synonyms

    * multinuclear leukocyte

    Derived terms

    * agranulocytosis * granulocyte colony-stimulating factor * granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor * granulocytic

    myelocyte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature
  • a cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord