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mononuclear phagocyte system

noun

Definition of mononuclear phagocyte system

: a system of cells comprising all free and fixed phagocytes and especially macrophages together with their ancestral cells including monocytes and their precursors in the bone marrow — compare reticuloendothelial system

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1983

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mononuclear phagocyte system

noun
variants: also mononuclear phagocytic system

medical Definition of mononuclear phagocyte system

: a system of cells comprising all free and fixed phagocytes and especially macrophages together with their ancestral cells including monocytes and their precursors in the bone marrow — compare reticuloendothelial system

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