Agranulocyte

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The distinction between granulocytes and agranulocytes is not useful for several reasons. First, monocytes contain granules, which tend to be fine and weakly stained (see monocyte entry). Second, monocytes and the granulocytes are closely related cell types developmentally, physiologically and functionally. Third, this distinction is not used by haematologists; it is an erroneous separation that has no meaning.^{[citation needed]}

Lymphocytes are much more common in the

Monocytes share the

The granulocytes are

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  Blood cell lineage

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