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Unicellular vs Monocyte - What's the difference?

unicellular | monocyte |

As nouns the difference between unicellular and monocyte

is that unicellular is a single-celled organism; a unicell while monocyte is a type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.

As an adjective unicellular

is describing any microorganism that has a single cell.

unicellular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

    • Related terms

    * multicellular

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single-celled organism; a unicell.
  • * 1931 , Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth?
    • Among unicellulars , the rate of increase is beyond belief.
  • * 1986 , Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations?
    • In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.
  • * 2006 , J Arthur Thomson, Heredity?
    • More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars .

    monocyte

    English

    (wikipedia monocyte)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (immunology, cytology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.

    • Related terms

    * monocytic * monocytically ----