HISTIOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does histiocyte mean? 

• HISTIOCYTE (noun)
  The noun HISTIOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. a macrophage that is found in connective tissue

  Familiarity information: HISTIOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HISTIOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A macrophage that is found in connective tissue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("histiocyte" is a kind of...):

macrophage (a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream)

Holonyms ("histiocyte" is a part of...):

connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)

 Context examples 

A rare but potentially life-threatening disorder characterized by the proliferation of histiocytes and macrophages and phagocytosis of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

(Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of fibrohistiocytic cells, spindle fibrocytic cells, and histiocytes arranged in a storiform pattern.

(Benign Cutaneous Fibrohistiocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Benign disorder of infants and children characterized by multiple nodules with lipid-laden, non-Langerhans-cell histiocytes.

(Juvenile Xanthogranuloma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Histiocytes in the bone marrow, spleen or lymph nodes become activated to the point that phagocytosis proceeds unchecked.

(Hemophagocytic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells of origin are the histiocytes and accessory cells.

(Histiocytic and Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A malignant neoplasm composed of cells resembling histiocytes.

(Histiocytic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic cells with morphologic and immunophenotypic characteristics similar to those seen in mature histiocytes.

(Histiocytic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating tissue infiltration by non-neoplastic or neoplastic histiocytes.

(Histiocytic Infiltrate, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of epithelioid histiocytes and chronic inflammation.

(Granuloma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm composed of fibrohistiocytic cells, spindle fibrocytic cells, and histiocytes, in a storiform pattern.

(Fibrohistiocytic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)