FIXED PHAGOCYTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("fixed phagocyte" is a kind of...):

phagocyte; scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)

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