Associations to the word «Macrophage»

Wiktionary

MACROPHAGE, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

MACROPHAGE, noun. A large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca