MACROPHAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macrophage mean? 

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

1. a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACROPHAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("macrophage" 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 "macrophage"):

histiocyte (a macrophage that is found in connective tissue)

 Context examples 

The esterase enzyme contained within monocytes and macrophages reacts strongly with the substrate alpha-naphthyl butyrate.

(Alpha Naphthyl Esterase Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Also, the strain has defective macrophage function reminiscent of lps mutation common to other strains.

(A/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

The alveolar structure that contains alveolar cells type I and II and macrophages.

(Alveolar Wall, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, the new macrophages were less responsive to this signal and had trouble quieting an infection-induced inflammatory response.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)

A cytochemical staining technique used to detect esterase enzyme contained within monocytes and macrophages, which reacts strongly with the substrate alpha-naphthyl butyrate.

(Alpha Naphthyl Butyrate Esterase Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Muramyl tripeptide phosphatidylethanolamine (MTP-PE), a derivative of the mycobacterial cell wall component MDP, activates both monocytes and macrophages.

(Mifamurtide, NCI Thesaurus)

A naturally occurring component of bacterial cell walls that has the capacity to activate macrophages.

(Muramyl Dipeptide, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes macrophage scavenger receptor types I and II protein, is involved in the modulation of cholesterol and lipoprotein transport.

(MSR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Edema factor is an adenylate cyclase that inhibits the immune response, including phagocytosis by macrophages.

(Anthrax Toxin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This gene is involved in endocytosis of glycoproteins by macrophages.

(MRC1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)