histiocyte
- physiol a macrophage that occurs in connective tissue
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Word Origin
C20: alteration of German histiozyt, from Greek histion a little web, from histos web + -cyte
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histiocyte
(hĭs′tē-ə-sīt′)- A relatively inactive, immobile macrophage found in normal connective tissue.fixed macrophage histocyte
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