monocyticadj.
/mɒnə(ʊ)ˈsɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈsɪdɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or derived from a monocyte or monocytes.
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leucocytal1879
leucocytic1879
phagocytic1887
phagocytical1890
lymphocytic1896
leucocytary1900
lymphogenic1901
macrophagic1904
lymphoblastic1905
lymphopoietic1915
megakaryocytic1925
monocytic1927
1927 Science 16 Dec. 595/1 Such conditions are designated reticulo-endotheliosis, the leucemic variety possibly constituting monocytic leucemia.
1935 L. E. H. Whitby & C. J. C. Britton Disorders of Blood i. 18 The origin of the monocytic cells has been and still is, the subject of much controversy.
1947 Nucleonics Dec. 91/2 Among the diseases reported on are polycythemia rubra vera, lymphatic, myelogenous and monocytic leucemias, Hodgkin's Syndrome, [etc.].
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 441/1 When it developed, acute leukemia was myelocytic or monocytic in type and did not respond to chemotherapy.
1997 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 107 653 The samples from 10 of 15 patients..demonstrated at least partial monocytic differentiation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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