inundate (third-person singular simple present inundates, present participle inundating, simple past and past participle inundated) To cover with large amounts of water; to flood. The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army. To overwhelm. The agency was inundated with phone calls. Synonyms
White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes or leucocytes, are the cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.All leukocytes are produced and derived from a multipotent cell in the bone marrow known as a hematopoietic stem cell.he number of leukocytes in the blood is often an indicator of disease, and thus the WBC count is an important subset of the complete blood count. The normal white cell count is usually between 4 and 11 Ã 10 9 /L. In the US this is usually expressed as 4,000â11,000 white blood cells per microliter of blood.
There are five different types of white blood cells, also called leukocytes, found in the human bodies. White blood cells all help to defend the body from foreign particles in some way.All white blood cells are produced in red bone marrow, with the special type lymphocytes also being formed in lymphatic tissue.ogether all these types of white blood cells coordinate a system that defends the body from infection, damage and even cancer. Neutrophils are the most numerous of the white blood cells. They are often called bacterial slayers because they're usually function is killing foreign bacteria in the body.