Definition of "granulocytic" [granulocytic]

• Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes. (adjective)

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• "Ticks act as the vectors for such arthropod-borne maladies as Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi), Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsii), Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia chaffeensis)."
• "In areas of endemicity, coinfection with Borrelia microti or the Ehrlichia species that causes human granulocytic ehrlichiosis HGE may explain persistent symptoms for a small number of these patients."
• "In acute granulocytic leukemia, the marrow produces too many precursors of granulocytes (called myeloblasts), a type of white blood cell, that when mature, fights infections, particularly infections from bacteria."