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white blood cell

type of cells of the immunological system
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Summary

white blood cell is a cell type[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of cell type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,215 views/month, #3 of 335).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: blood cell[3], differentiated hemal cell[4], immune cell[5]
  • Part of: blood[6]
  • Commons category: Leukocytes[7]
  • Has part(s): monocyte[8], lymphocyte[9], neutrophil[10], basophil[11], eosinophil[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Leukocytes[13]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12529[17]
  • Different from: white blood cell count[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]

Why It Matters

white blood cell has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 141 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → white blood cell count
    Subclass of → blood cell, differentiated hemal cell, immune cell
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 18721, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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