scavenger cell
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1. a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | somatic cell, vegetative cell, |
| definition | : | any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | macrophage, |
| definition | : | a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | fixed phagocyte, |
| definition | : | a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc. (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | free phagocyte, |
| definition | : | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | phagocytic, |
| definition | : | capable of functioning as a phagocyte (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phagocytic, |
| definition | : | capable of functioning as a phagocyte (adj.pert) |
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