alveolar macrophage

n.

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
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