histiocyte

British

/ ˈhɪstɪəˌsaɪt /

noun

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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