Where does “顆粒細胞” come from?

顆粒細胞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 細胞 — a cell.

顆粒細胞 (Japanese): granule cell

Definitions

  1. granule cell

Ancestry of “顆粒細胞”, step by step

顆粒細胞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 細胞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese細胞a cell

via Japanese 顆粒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese顆粒granule
Every word from Japanese 細胞
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