reticuloendothelial system


reticuloendothelial system

noun

Definition of RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM

: mononuclear phagocyte system; broadly : the mononuclear phagocyte system plus certain other cells now known to be pinocytic or only weakly phagocytic

First Known Use of RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM

circa 1923

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