noun
- blood cells found in invertebrates that function in immunity, wound healing, and transport of nutrients
Usage: biology; zoology
Examples
- The insect’s hemocytes quickly surrounded the foreign bacteria.
- Researchers studied how hemocytes respond to infection in crabs.
- Hemocytes play a crucial role in the immune system of arthropods.
- The scientist counted hemocytes under the microscope.
- Damaged tissue triggered hemocyte migration in the mollusk.
- Hemocytes help clot hemolymph when insects are injured.