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  • Neutrophils cells.
    Rights: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Published 17 July 2018 Size: 52 KB Referencing Hub media

    Neutrophils1 are often the first cells to leave the blood and fight incoming pathogens2. They only live a few days. Dead neutrophils accumulate as pus.

    Acknowledgement: Centers for Disease3 Control and Prevention

    1. neutrophil: A type of white blood cell (immune cell) that forms a primary defence against infection. They can engulf and destroy foreign organisms.
    2. pathogen: A disease-causing organism.
    3. diseases: 1. An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions. 2. In plants, an abnormal condition that interferes with vital physiological processes.
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      neutrophil

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    2. A type of white blood cell (immune cell) that forms a primary defence against infection. They can engulf and destroy foreign organisms.

      pathogen

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    4. A disease-causing organism.

      diseases

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    6. 1. An abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions.

      2. In plants, an abnormal condition that interferes with vital physiological processes.