loading...| Preferred Name |
Monocyte |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12547 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and travels through the blood to tissues in the body where it becomes a macrophage. Macrophages surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, remove dead cells, and boost immune responses. A monocyte is a type of white blood cell and a type of phagocyte. A large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocyte produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; containing a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles. |
| code |
C12547 |
| Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830 |
| Contributing_Source |
CDISC |
| DEFINITION |
Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles. |
| Display_Name |
Monocyte |
| FULL_SYN |
Monocytes |
| label |
Monocyte |
| Legacy_Concept_Name |
Monocyte |
| Preferred_Name |
Monocyte |
| prefixIRI |
C12547 |
| prefLabel |
Monocyte |
| Semantic_Type |
Cell |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0026473 |
| subClassOf |