macrophage
pronunciation
How to pronounce macrophage in British English:
UK [ˈmækrəfeɪdʒ]
How to pronounce macrophage in American English:
US [ˈmækrəˌfedʒ]
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- Noun:
- a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
Word Origin
- macrophage (n.)
- 1890, from macro- + -phage.
Example
- 1. But macrophage signalling also involves snap-25 , so dr chapman thinks he can use botulinum toxin to shut the cells up .
- 2. Hiv-1 particles assembling at the surface of an infected macrophage . Gross l , plos biology vol. 4 / 12 / 2006 , e445 via wikimedia
- 3. In response to fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries , a type of phagocyte called a macrophage identifies the growing lesions as trouble spots and infiltrates them , swelling and destabilizing the deposits .