macrophage

IPA: mˈækroʊfeɪdʒ

(immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.

Examples of "macrophage" in Sentences

The word macrophage, translated literally, means “big eater.”
The word macrophage roughly translates from Greek as "big eater."
In your body, the first soldier on the ground you need to know is a type of white blood cell called the macrophage.
Their analysis revealed what they call a macrophage sterol-responsive network (MSRN), including proteins already known to work together.
In the first study, Satoshi Nishimura and colleagues from the University of Tokyo show that CD8+ effector T cells play an important role in macrophage recruitment and adipose tissue inflammation.