Definition of microphage in US English:
microphage
nounˈmīkrōˌfājˈmaɪkroʊˌfeɪdʒ
Physiology A small phagocytic blood cell, in particular a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
Example sentencesExamples
- Macrophages are not as numerous as microphages, and there are no large reserves of them, but they are longer lived than microphages.
- This method can be applied to both macrophages and microphages.
- In addition, T-cells can create microphages and scavenger cells that scour the body looking for foreign substances in need of a smackdown.
- It's quite possible that the microbes may be more powerful than the microphages, in which case it's the microphage that gets shot before it can wield the baton.
- They get into cells that are supposed to protect us from bacteria, the microphages, and it's in there that they're able to produce this toxin.