MACROPHAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macrophage mean? • MACROPHAGE (noun)
The noun MACROPHAGE has 1 sense:
1. a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
Familiarity information: MACROPHAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MACROPHAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("macrophage" is a kind of...):
phagocyte; scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "macrophage"):
histiocyte (a macrophage that is found in connective tissue)
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