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macrophage Phys.|ˈmækrəʊfeɪdʒ|
[ad. mod.L. macrophagus, f. Gr. µακρό-ς long + ϕαγεῖν to devour.]
A name given to certain large leucocytes, from their supposed power of devouring other organisms, especially pathogenic microbes. Hence macroˈphagic a.
1890Ruffer in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Feb. 483 Cells to which he [Metschnikoff] has given the name of macrophages and microphages. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 7 These macrophages can destroy the tubercle bacilli. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 562/1 The lymph glands and other macrophagic organs. 1971Nature 5 Feb. 412/2 A sparse scattering of cells, presumably macrophagic or inflammatory. |