macrophage

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Researchers think this allows macrophage, an immune cell that performs a variety of housekeeping functions, to consume dying nerve cells and shut down inflammatory processes.

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  1. noun Any of the large phagocytic cells of the reticuloendothelial system.

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  • After years of macrophage-bacteria warfare, TB bacilli fled into the lung tissue where the cumbersome macrophages couldn't follow. —  FSF - April2006
  • Effects of TEGDMA and HEMA on the expression of COX-2 and iNOS in cultured murine macrophage cells. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • WBRT in two fractions of 4 Gy, (c) vaccination with irradiated GL261 cells secreting granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or (d) WBRT and vaccination. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The RA synovium is characterized by a complex cytokine network consisting mainly of macrophage - and fibroblast-derived products. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Apoptosis was mainly located in the macrophage-like cells and to a lesser extent fibroblasts. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Greek μακρός, long, large, + φαγεῑν, eat.
  2. Greek μικρός, small, + -φαγος, from φαγεῖν, eat.
 

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/ˈmaɪkrəfeɪdʒ/
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