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histiocyte

histiocyte noun: a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue.

Noun

histiocyte (plural histiocytes)

  1. a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue

Forms of histiocyte

pluralhistiocytes
alternative formhistocyte

Origin of histiocyte

From histio- (“tissue”) + -cyte (“cell”).

Words formed from histiocyte

Questions about histiocyte

What does histiocyte mean?
Histiocyte means a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue.
What part of speech is histiocyte?
Histiocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of histiocyte?
The plural of histiocyte is histiocytes.

Words near histiocyte in the dictionary

  1. histidyls
  2. histing
  3. histio-
  4. histioblast
  5. histioblasts
  6. histiocyte
  7. histiocytes
  8. histiocytic
  9. histiocytoid
  10. histiocytoma
  11. histiocytomas

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