What it means
The ending of words that name a type of cell. An erythrocyte is a red blood cell, a leukocyte (from leuk/oLOO-kohA word part that means white.Full entry ) a white blood cell, a thrombocyte (from thromb/oTHROM-bohA word part that means blood clot.Full entry ) a platelet, a lymphocyte a type of white cell found in lymph, and an adipocyte a fat cell. The same idea appears at the start of words as cyt/oSY-tohA word part that means cell.Full entry .
Related terms
cyt/o
A word part that means cell.
thromb/o
A word part that means blood clot.
leuk/o
A word part that means white.
blood cell
Any of the cells carried in the blood: red cells, white cells or platelets.