reticuloendothelialadj.
/rᵻˌtɪkjᵿləʊˌɛndə(ʊ)ˈθiːlɪəl/, U.S. /rəˌtɪkjəloʊˌɛndəˈθiliəl/, /rəˌtɪkjəloʊˌɛndoʊˈθiliəl/ Histology.
Designating a system of phagocytic cells distributed widely throughout the body, esp. in reticular tissue and sinusoids in the liver, spleen, lymph nodes, and bone marrow; of or relating to this system.Now generally limited to the system of macrophages and their monocytic precursors which is more commonly called the mononuclear phagocyte system.
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submucous1818
subserous1822
squamous1860
myoepithelial1881
subserosal1907
reticuloendothelial1915
lymphoreticular1942
1915 F. Billings & J. H. Salisbury in Pract. Med. Ser. VI. 329 In other words the metabolic apparatus designated by Aschoff and Landau as the reticulo-endothelial or the splenic apparatus is very differently distributed in the liver and spleen.
1924 Physiol. Rev. 4 548 The whole reticulo-endothelial system, all the histiocytes in the body and chiefly in the abdominal organs and in the bone marrow are entering a phase of functional stimulation.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) iii. 54 It is undoubtedly formed also in the liver, but only in virtue of the fact that the Kupffer cells of that organ are of reticulo-endothelial origin.
1977 Proc. Royal Soc. Med. 70 523/1 From this sort of information we can derive circumstantial evidence in favour of impaired reticuloendothelial function in patients with liver disease.
2007 J. E. Lesch First Miracle Drugs 88 Favorable results..led Anselm to conjecture that Prontosil..acted to mobilize the body's defenses including the reticuloendothelial system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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