phagocyte : Idioms & Phrases


fixed phagocyte

  • noun a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.
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free phagocyte

  • noun a phagocyte that circulates in the blood
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mononuclear phagocyte system

  • noun a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
    MPS; system of macrophages.
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