Term Name: monocyte
Synonyms:
Definition: Myeloid mononuclear recirculating leukocyte that can act as a precursor of tissue macrophages, osteoclasts and some populations of tissue dendritic cells.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [CL:0000576]

Relationships
develops from: promonocyte
develops into: macrophage myeloid dendritic cell osteoclast
is a type of: mononuclear cell myeloid leukocyte precursor cell
has subtype: CD14-positive monocyte CD115-positive monocyte classical monocyte Gr1-positive, CD43-positive monocyte intermediate monocyte non-classical monocyte
bearer_of: mononucleate
capable_of: macrophage differentiation myeloid dendritic cell differentiation osteoclast differentiation
lacks_part: secretory granule