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macrophage

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macrophage

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -phage, both from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Noun

macrophage (plural macrophages)

(immunology, cytology) 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.

Derived terms

granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Related terms

Translations

type of white blood cell

Arabic: بَالِعَة f (bāliʕa), مَاكْرُوفَاج f (mākrūfāj)
Catalan: macròfag m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巨噬細胞／巨噬细胞 (zh) (jùshìxìbāo)
Czech: makrofág (cs) m
Dutch: macrofaag (nl) m
Finnish: makrofagi (fi)
French: macrophage (fr) m
Galician: macrófago (gl) m
German: Makrophage m, Fresszelle (de) f
Hungarian: makrofág (hu), nagy falósejt
Icelandic: gleypifruma f, stóræta f, stórátfruma f
Italian: macrofago (it) m
Japanese: マクロファージ (ja) (makurofāji)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hellûşênera gewre f
Persian: ماکروفاژ (mâkrofâž), ریزه‌خوار (rize-xwâr)
Portuguese: macrófago
Russian: макрофа́г (ru) m (makrofág)
Spanish: macrófago (es) m
Swedish: makrofag (sv)

See also

immune system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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