Term Name: monocyte
Synonyms: monocytes
Definition: Myeloid mononuclear recirculating leukocyte that can act as a precursor of tissue macrophages, osteoclasts and some populations of tissue dendritic cells.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009265]

Relationships
develops from: promonocyte
develops into: macrophage osteoclast
is a type of: mononuclear phagocyte professional antigen presenting cell

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