Usually means: White blood cells with multi-lobed nuclei.
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  1. polymorphonuclear: Merriam-Webster
  2. polymorphonuclear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. polymorphonuclear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. polymorphonuclear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. polymorphonuclear: Wordnik
  6. polymorphonuclear: Wiktionary
  7. polymorphonuclear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. polymorphonuclear: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. polymorphonuclear: Dictionary.com
  10. polymorphonuclear: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. polymorphonuclear: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. polymorphonuclear: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polymorphonuclear)

▸ adjective:  (of leucocytes) Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes
▸ noun:  Such a leucocyte; a neutrophil

Similar:
polymorphonucleate, polynuclear, polynucleated, multinucleolate, multinucleolated, polynucleolar, polynucleal, polymorphocellular, multinucleated, oligonuclear, more...

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mononuclear, unimorphic, unimorphonuclear

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polymorphonuclear leukocytes, polymorphonuclear leucocytes, polymorphonuclear cells, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, polymorphonuclear neutrophil, more...

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Similar:
polymorphonucleate, polynuclear, polynucleated, multinucleolate, multinucleolated, polynucleolar, polynucleal, polymorphocellular, multinucleated, oligonuclear, more...

Opposite:
mononuclear, unimorphic, unimorphonuclear

Phrases:
polymorphonuclear leukocytes, polymorphonuclear leucocytes, polymorphonuclear cells, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, polymorphonuclear neutrophil, polymorphonuclear cell, polymorphonuclear leucocyte, more...

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    white,     light gray,     pale blue,     soft pink,     lavender, more...



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