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histocyte

histocyte is the alternative form of histiocyte.

Meaning of histiocyte

Noun

histiocyte (plural histiocytes)

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

Forms of histocyte

pluralhistocytes

Origin of histocyte

From histo- + -cyte.

Questions about histocyte

What is histocyte the alternative form of?
Histocyte is the alternative form of histiocyte.

Words near histocyte in the dictionary

  1. histoculture
  2. histocultured
  3. histocultures
  4. histocutter
  5. histocutters
  6. histocyte
  7. histocytes
  8. histocytic
  9. histocytochemical
  10. histocytochemistry
  11. histocytological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: histocyte (page history and authors); histiocyte (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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