Examination of a normal peripheral blood smear reveals a cell more than twice the diameter of an erythrocyte with a kidneyshaped nucleus. There cells are less than $10 \%$ of the total leukocytes. Which of the following cell types is being described?

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The described cell is a monocyte, which is larger than an erythrocyte, has a kidney-shaped nucleus, and typically comprises less than 10% of total leukocytes in a normal blood smear.

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