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A large phagocyte
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macrophage
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Wikipedia
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Macrophages (, from Greek μακρος ( makros ) = large, φαγειν ( phagein ) = to eat) are a type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes , cancer cells, and anything else that does not have the types of proteins ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1890, from macro- + -phage .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context immunology cytology English) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
macrophage \mac"ro*phage\, n. A large phagocyte.
Usage examples of macrophage.
The amebocytes of starfish were recently found to contain a material that immobilizes the macrophages of mammals, resembling a product of immune lymphocytes in higher forms.
Lubin gave thanks for cells forcibly overcrowded with mitochondria, for trimeric antibodies, for macrophage and lymphokine and fibroblast production cranked up to twice the mammalian norm.
The human body attacks embedded foreign objects through sophisticated immune reactions: inflammatory responses, antigens, macrophages, lymphocytes, fibroblasts.