Leu"co*cyte (lū"k&osl;*sīt),
n. [Leuco- + Gr. ky`tos a hollow
vessel.] (Physiol.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the
white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone,
connective tissue, etc.
&fist; They all consist of more or less spherical masses of
protoplasm, without any surrounding membrane or wall, and are capable
of motion.