Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A relatively inactive, immobile macrophage found in normal connective tissue. Also called fixed macrophage.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A tissue-forming cell, as in sponges.
Wiktionary
- n. a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
WordNet 3.0
- n. a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
Etymologies
- Greek histion, web, diminutive of histos; see stā- in Indo-European roots + -cyte. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The scientists propose that several centuries ago, a histiocyte cell in a dog or a wolf turned cancerous.”
“These models are limited by their xenogeneic nature, whereas the DR4 mice described here provide cases of spontaneous disease with morphological and phenotypic similarities to human T cell/histiocyte rich DLBCL and HL with characteristic H/RS-like cells.”
“Sorbara L, Cheng RZ, Pittaluga S, et al. (2002) T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma: a heterogeneous entity with derivation from germinal center B cells.”
“(LTCL), lymphoblastic B cell lymphoma (LBCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the histiocyte/T cell rich variant of DLBCL (DLBCL-HA/T cell rich DLBCL), splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), follicular B cell lymphoma (FBL) and plasmacytoma (PCT).”
“Half of the DLBCL belonged to the morphological histiocyte-associated variant DLBCL-HA (”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘histiocyte’.
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-cyte, cyt-
denoting a mature cell
lymphocyte, leucocyte, hemocyte, oocyte, spermatocyte, thrombocyte, phagocyte, myelocyte, monocyte, microcyte, melanocyte, histiocyte and 1 more...
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Words of Standing
steed, stool, estancia, stage, stance, staunch, stanch, stanchion, stanza, stative, stator, stay and 180 more...
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GRE words plus
Words that will probably only come in handy for the GRE or whatnot.
matutinal, foment, peremptory, credal, simony, cloture, syncretism, salubrious, fordable, semiotic, phratry, adduction and 95 more...
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