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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) macrophage
a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.

Etymology: (< G Makrophagen (pl.) (Metchnikoff, 1887), with -phagen repr. Phagozyten phagocytes; see macro -, -phage)

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1. (noun) macrophage
a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

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