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FREE PHAGOCYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free phagocyte mean?
• FREE PHAGOCYTE (noun)
The noun FREE PHAGOCYTE has 1 sense:
1. a phagocyte that circulates in the blood
Familiarity information: FREE PHAGOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phagocyte that circulates in the blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("free phagocyte" is a kind of...):
phagocyte; scavenger cell (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free phagocyte"):
leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
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