MICROPHAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does microphage mean? • MICROPHAGE (noun)
The noun MICROPHAGE has 1 sense:
1. a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
Familiarity information: MICROPHAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MICROPHAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("microphage" is a kind of...):
neutrophil; neutrophile (the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes)
Domain category:
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants)
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