KUPFFER'S CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kupffer's cell mean? 

• KUPFFER'S CELL (noun)
  The noun KUPFFER'S CELL has 1 sense:

1. specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells

  Familiarity information: KUPFFER'S CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KUPFFER'S CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Specialized cells in the liver that destroy bacteria, foreign proteins, and worn-out blood cells

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Kupffer's cell" is a kind of...):

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Holonyms ("Kupffer's cell" is a part of...):

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)