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MICROPHAGE

\mˈa͡ɪkɹəfɪd͡ʒ], \mˈa‍ɪkɹəfɪd‍ʒ], \m_ˈaɪ_k_ɹ_ə_f_ɪ_dʒ]\

Definitions of MICROPHAGE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

[Greek] A small-sized phagocyte.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

A phagocyte of small size.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The phagocytic leukocytes of the blood which ingest bacteria.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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