reticuloendothelial system
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1. a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells (noun.body)
hypernym | : | system, |
definition | : | a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | immune system, |
definition | : | a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response (noun.body) |
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