- mononuclear phagocyte
- any cell of the monocyte-macrophage lineage, including macrophages, monocytes, and their precursors in the monocytic series.
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mononuclear phagocyte
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Mononuclear phagocyte system — Reticuloendothelial system is an older term for the mononuclear phagocyte system. The mononuclear phagocyte system consists primarily of monocytes and macrophages. The spleen is the largest unit of the mononuclear phagocyte system. The monocyte… … Wikipedia
mononuclear phagocyte system — noun Date: 1983 a system of cells comprising all free and fixed phagocytes together with their ancestral cells including monocytes and their precursors in the bone marrow called also reticuloendothelial system … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
MPS — Abbreviation for mononuclear phagocyte system. * * * hereditary giant platelet syndrome; meconium plug syndrome; medial premotor system; Member of the Pharmaceutical Society; methylprednisolone; microbial profile system; mononuclear phagocyte… … Medical dictionary
