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MeSH Heading: Monocytes
Tree Number(s): A11.118.637.555.652; A11.148.580; A11.627.624; A11.733.547; A15.145.229.637.555.652; A15.378.316.580; A15.382.490.555.652; A15.382.670.547; A15.382.680.547
Unique ID: D009000
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009000
Annotation: do not confuse with LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Monocyte
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Monocytes MeSH Descriptor Data 2024