histiocyte

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English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

histiocyte

Alternative forms[edit]

histocyte (uncommon variant)

Etymology[edit]

histio- (“tissue”) +‎ -cyte (“cell”)

Noun[edit]

histiocyte (plural histiocytes)

(biology) a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Translations

Italian: istiocita (it)

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

histiocyte m (plural histiocytes)

(biology) histiocyte

Derived terms[edit]

histiocytaire

Further reading[edit]

“histiocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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