Kupffer cell
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Kupf·fer cell
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  ˈku̇p-fər-  
                                                      
                                                          
            
            variants  
 also Kupffer's cell    
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : a fixed macrophage of the walls of the liver sinusoids that is stellate with a large oval nucleus and the cytoplasm commonly packed with fragments resulting from phagocytic action                                      
                
                    
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