MACROPHAGE


Meaning of MACROPHAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-krə-ˌfāj ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1890

: a phagocytic tissue cell of the immune system that may be fixed or freely motile, is derived from a monocyte, functions in the destruction of foreign antigens (as bacteria and viruses), and serves as an antigen-presenting cell — called also histiocyte

• mac·ro·phag·ic ˌma-krə-ˈfa-jik adjective

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