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histiocyte /his·tio·cyte/ (his´te-o-sīt″) macrophage.histiocyt´ic
his·ti·o·cyte (hst--st)
n.
A relatively inactive, immobile macrophage found in normal connective tissue. Also called fixed macrophage, histocyte.
histi·o·cytic (-stk) adj.
histiocyte.
See macrophage.
histiocyte [his´te-o-sīt″]
macrophage. adj., adj histiocyt´ic.
histiocyte (his´tēsīt´),
n a large phagocytic cell found in the interstices of the tissues; of reticuloendothelial origin.
histiocyte
a large phagocytic interstitial cell of the reticuloendothelial system; a macrophage.
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