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

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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