from Section V - Leucocyte Disorders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2021
In addition to quantitative neutrophil abnormalities, innate immunity, and thus risk of infection in a neonate, may be negatively impacted by qualitative phagocyte defects. The term phagocyte stems from the Greek “phagein” meaning “to eat or devour” and “cyte” meaning “cell” and refers to hematopoietic derived cells, namely monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils capable of engulfing and digesting microorganisms, foreign particles, and cellular debris. Neutrophils are also classified as granulocytes, given the characteristic presence of granules in their cytoplasm that play a key role in neutrophil function.
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