SCAVENGER CELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scavenger cell mean? 

• SCAVENGER CELL (noun)
  The noun SCAVENGER CELL has 1 sense:

1. a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

  Familiarity information: SCAVENGER CELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAVENGER CELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

phagocyte; scavenger cell

Hypernyms ("scavenger cell" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scavenger cell"):

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

fixed phagocyte (a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.)

free phagocyte (a phagocyte that circulates in the blood)