alveolar macrophage

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A vigorously phagocytic macrophage on the epithelial surface of lung alveoli that ingests carbon and other inhaled particulate matter.coniophage dust cell

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Words nearby alveolar macrophage

alveolar dead space, alveolar duct, alveolar gas, alveolar gingiva, alveolar gland, alveolar macrophage, alveolar point, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, alveolar sac, alveolar soft part sarcoma

Example sentences from the Web for alveolar macrophage

Frequently they are found in alveolar arrangement, retaining the original outline of the alveoli of the lung (Fig. 4, b).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They are again subdivided into simple or compound alveolar glands, as in the case of the tubular glands (fig. 10).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6|Various
If the occlusion be not normal, the upper jaw and alveolar process will develop laterally as well as anteriorly.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot
In no symptoms is degeneracy so evident as in the stigmata resultant on hypertrophy of the alveolar process.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot

The general cytoplasm shows no differentiation into ectoplasm and endoplasm; it is uniformly alveolar in character.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

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