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macrophage
noun
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Word History
borrowed from German Makrophagen (plural), from makro- macro- + -phagen, plural of -phage -phage
Note: Introduced, along with Mikrophagen "microphages," by Élie metchnikoff in "Ueber den Kampf der Zellen gegen Erysipelkokken," Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie, Band 107 (1887), p. 222.
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Macrophage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macrophage. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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