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FIXED PHAGOCYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fixed phagocyte mean?
• FIXED PHAGOCYTE (noun)
The noun FIXED PHAGOCYTE has 1 sense:
1. a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.
Familiarity information: FIXED PHAGOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("fixed phagocyte" is a kind of...):
phagocyte; scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)
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