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macrophage

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macrophage [′mak·rə‚fāj]
(histology)
A large phagocyte of the reticuloendothelial system. Also known as a histiocyte.


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The results showed that the levels of blood serum nicotine, alveolar macrophage, hexanoyl-lysine and spleen lymphocytes were kept low in the group fed with the kale-added feed.
But if a person's immune defenses become weakened, the bacteria can escape their macrophage jails and spread to other cells--causing the cough, fever, and malaise that mark active TB, Kaufmann says.
1999) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2; Driscoll et al.
 
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