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macrophages

macrophages is the plural of macrophage.

Meaning of macrophage

Noun

macrophage (plural macrophages)

  1. A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.

Questions about macrophages

What is macrophages the plural of?
Macrophages is the plural of macrophage.

Words near macrophages in the dictionary

  1. macropexophagy
  2. macrophagal
  3. macrophage
  4. macrophageal
  5. macrophagelike
  6. macrophages
  7. macrophagial
  8. macrophagic
  9. macrophagocyte
  10. macrophagocytes
  11. macrophagocytic

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