Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Of, relating to, or being the widely diffused bodily system constituting all phagocytic cells except certain white blood cells.
Wiktionary
- adj. biology Describing all phagocytic cells (except some white blood cells)
Etymologies
- reticulo- + endothelial (Wiktionary)
- reticul(um) + endothelial. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“While bone marrow is part of the osseous system, the bones do not constitute one organ, and marrow-like functions occur in the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes altogether encompassing the reticuloendothelial system.”
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“The T-cells can also summon macrophages from the reticuloendothelial system to digest the invader.”
“For six years we operated as a team and engaged in the study of reticuloendothelial function in relation to immunity.”
“There he developed an inspiring research relationship with a young Italian, Guido Biozzi, with whom he studied the reticuloendothelial system - the cells that engulf bacteria and other particles - in relation to immunity.”
“Virus enter into the blood circulation by multiplication of virus in the reticuloendothelial system.”
“When used as oral vehicle, they invade enterocytes of the small intestine, including the M cells of the Peyer's patches, before disseminating to the mesenteric lymph nodes and through the reticuloendothelial system to deep tissues, such as the liver and spleen.”
“Once injected, the iron-carbohydrate complex is metabolized [by macrophage of the reticuloendothelial system] and the iron is released where it then binds to transferrin in plasma and the redundant carbohydrate moiety is then cleared by the liver.”
“When injected systemically, these particles are taken up by macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system and accumulate in lymph nodes.”
“In a laboratory study57, macrophage function and reticuloendothelial clearance of lipid emulsions were not altered in animals receiving hetastarch.”
“The possible immunosuppressive effect of the long-term deposition of higher molecular weight hetastarch particles in the reticuloendothelial system have been of concern.”
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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