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Vocabulary Term Details

Haemocytes

Definition (http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Haemocytes)

Any blood or formed element especially in invertebrates. Free floating cells within the haemolymph; play a role in insect immune responses e.g. to parasitoid eggs. (Biology Online)

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Blood cells
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This term is used for the following terms: 
Hemocytes

Approved Date
18-Apr-2013

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