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macrophages
n
gen.
Makrophagen
m
macrophage
['mækrə(u)feidʒ]
n
gen.
Makrophage
m
med.
Makrophag
m
;
Makrophagozyt
m
;
Histiozyt
m
;
Klasmatozyt
m
;
rhagiokrine Zelle
;
Polyblast
f
;
histiogene Wanderzelle
;
ruhende Wanderzelle
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macrophage
['mækrə(u)feidʒ]
n
med.
A type of white blood cell that fights infection by ingesting foreign substances, such as microorganisms and dead cells. Macrophages also act as antigen-presenting cells to stimulate other immune cells to fight infection.
see also
antigen-presenting cell
,
white blood cell
macrophages:
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