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he·mo·phago·cy·to·sis (he″mo-fa″go-si-toґsis) [hemo- + phagocytosis] the ingestion and destruction of blood cells by macrophages. Called also hemocytophagia.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Hemophagocytosis — is phagocytosis by macrophages of erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and their precursors [cite web |url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414792 |title=Hemophagocytic Syndromes and Infection |format= |work= |accessdate=] in bone marrow and… … Wikipedia
hemophagocytosis — noun phagocytosis of blood cells … Wiktionary
Aggressive NK-cell leukemia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = ICDO|9948|3 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ent eMedicineTopic = 776 MeshID = Aggressive NK cell leukemia is a disease with an aggressive, systemic proliferation of … Wikipedia
Macrophage-activation syndrome — (MAS) is a severe, potentially life threatening, complication of several chronic rheumatic diseases of childhood. It occurs most commonly with systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA), which is also known as Still s disease. In… … Wikipedia
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Light microscopic image of bone marrow showing stromal macrophages containing numerous red blood cells in their cytoplasm DiseasesDB = 31418 ICD10 = ICD10|D|76|1|d|70 ICD9 = ICD9|288.4 ICDO = OMIM =… … Wikipedia
Acute monocytic leukemia — Infobox Disease Name = Acute monocytic leukemia Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|C|93|0|c|81 ICD9 = ICD9|206.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D007948 Acute monocytic leukemia (AMoL, or AML M5)cite web… … Wikipedia
hemophagocyte — noun A phagocyte that destroys blood cells See Also: hemophagocytosis … Wiktionary
hemophagocytic — adjective Of or pertaining to hemophagocytes or hemophagocytosis … Wiktionary
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis — A rare, cancer like disorder in which both histiocytes and lymphocytes start to proliferate and attack body tissues or organs. It can be an inherited condition, or it can occur as a result of immunosuppression (as in organ transplants) or… … Medical dictionary
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis — Classification and external resources MeSH D015616 Non Langerhans cell histiocytosis refers to a family of histiocytosis characterized by the absence of Langerhans cells … Wikipedia
