Translations:Granulozyten/2/en

White blood cells (leukocytes) with cell plasma granules that can be stained and are produced by the body's own mediators ( see or attracted to the site of inflammation by bacterial substances (leukotaxis), take up foreign bodies, bacteria, fungi or destroyed tissue there (phagocytosis) and kill germs by enzymes located mainly in the granula with formation of hydrogen peroxide.