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histiocyte

British  
/ ˈhɪstɪəˌsaɪt, ˌhɪstɪəˈsɪtɪk /

noun

  1. physiol a macrophage that occurs in connective tissue

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Other Word Forms

  • histiocytic adjective

Etymology

Origin of histiocyte

C20: alteration of German histiozyt, from Greek histion a little web, from histos web + -cyte

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