1 Infection fighting cells of the immune system: Particularly the white blood cells (WBC). 2  There are five main types of WBC's-lymphocytes (B and T cells), macrophages, basophils, eosinophils and neutrophils. 3  When your white blood cell count is low there is an increased risk of infection.
mortal remains meaning, mortal remains definition | English Cobuild dictionary. Search also in: Web News Encyclopedia Images. mortal. ( mortals plural ) 1 adj If you refer to the fact that people are mortal, you mean that they have to die and cannot live for ever., (Antonym: immortal) A man is deliberately designed to be mortal.
Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil. It's a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, where there is a reference to shuffling off this mortal coil, meaning separating soul from body, i.e. dying. Our mortal coil is our body. Mortal coil is a simile for Life. Mortal coil is a poetic term that means the troubles of daily life and the strife and suffering of the world. It is used in the sense of a burden to be carried or abandoned, most famously in the phrase shuffle[d] off this mortal coil from Shakespeare's Hamlet. (For more context of the phrase, see To be, or not to be.)