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Answer for the clue "A macrophage that is found in connective tissue ", 10 letters:
histiocyte

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n. a macrophage that is found in connective tissue

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A histiocyte is an animal cell that is part of the mononuclear phagocyte system (also known as the reticuloendothelial system or lymphoreticular system). The mononuclear phagocytic system is part of the organism's immune system . The histiocyte is a tissue ...

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Except for the blood and such roaming cells as histiocytes, every other cell in the body that carries our little friend is probably connected by very fine filaments, sort of like the axons and dendrites connecting nerve cells of the brain.