| mononuclear phagocyte system |
a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
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| mononuclear phagocyte system |
(formerly known as reticuloendothelial system): collective system of strongly phagocytic cells including: macrophages derived from monocytes; histiocytes; microglagia; mononuclear phagocytes (monocytes in blood; macrophages in tissues) and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (eg, neutrophils, eosinophils)
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| mononuclear phagocyte s. |
the collection of cells consisting of macrophages and their precursors (blood monocytes and their precursor cells in bone marrow). The term has been proposed as a replacement for reticuloendothelial system, which does not include all macrophages and does include other unrelated cell types. Called also macrophage s. See also macrophage.
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