macrophage
macrophage[ noun ]
a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
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macrophage \mac"ro*phage\, n.
A large phagocyte.
[WordNet 1.5]
- But Levy said the AIDS virus is able to stick to the Fc protein on one type of antibody and hitch a ride to a macrophage.