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macrophage

DEFINITIONS OF: macrophage

1

n a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

Types:
histiocyte
a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
Type of:
phagocyte, scavenger cell
a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
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