Dictionary

macrophage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek.

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

nonmacrophage · granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor · macrophagic · antimacrophage · melanomacrophage · intramacrophage · macrophagelike · macrophageal · macrophagal

Relateds

macrophagy · macrophagous

Translations (25)

ca macròfag (type of white blood cell) · de Makrophage (type of white blood cell) · ar مَاكْرُوفَاج (type of white blood cell) · fa ماکروفاژ (type of white blood cell) · cmn 巨噬細胞 /巨噬细胞 (type of white blood cell) · es macrófago (type of white blood cell) · pt macrófago (type of white blood cell) · is stóræta (type of white blood cell) · is stórátfruma (type of white blood cell) · ja マクロファージ (type of white blood cell) · ru макрофа́г (type of white blood cell) · hu makrofág (type of white blood cell) · ar بَالِعَة (type of white blood cell) · kmr hellûşênera gewre (type of white blood cell) · nl macrofaag (type of white blood cell) · fr macrophage (type of white blood cell) · fa ریزهخوار (type of white blood cell) · is gleypifruma (type of white blood cell) · gl macrófago (type of white blood cell) · cs makrofág (type of white blood cell) · sv makrofag (type of white blood cell) · hu nagy falósejt (type of white blood cell) · it macrofago (type of white blood cell) · fi makrofagi (type of white blood cell) · de Fresszelle (type of white blood cell)