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athrocyte

[ath-ruh-sahyt]

noun Cell Biology.

a cell that ingests foreign particles and retains them in suspension in the cytoplasm.

Origin of athrocyte

1935–40; < Greek (h)athró(os) gathered together + -cyte

Related formsath·ro·cy·to·sis, noun

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