All the white blood cells are able to move like an amoeba, and can migrate out of blood vessels into the surrounding tissues. Note-it is easy to confuse the different leucocytes in blood smears. To identify them, you need to look for the shape of the nucleus, and compare their size, relative to that of a red blood cell.
peri-. a prefix meaning âabout,â âaroundâ (perimeter; periscope), âenclosing,â âsurroundingâ (pericardium), ânearâ (perigee; perihelion).
centi- (c), Prefix used in the SI and metric system to signify one hundredth (10 -2).[L. centum, one hundred]. word element. [L.] hundred; usually used in naming units of measurement to indicate one-hundredth (10 â2) of the unit designated by the root with which it is combined, e.g. centigram.ord element [L.], hundred; used (a) in naming units of measurement to indicate one hundredth (10â2) of the unit designated by the root with which it is combined (symbol c) and (b) to denote one hundred (e.g., centipede).