Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A relatively inactive, immobile macrophage found in normal connective tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tissue-forming cell, as in sponges.
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- noun a
macrophage , derived frombone marrow , found inconnective tissue
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The scientists propose that several centuries ago, a histiocyte cell in a dog or a wolf turned cancerous.
You *can* teach an old dog new tricks - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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These models are limited by their xenogeneic nature, whereas the DR4 mice described here provide cases of spontaneous disease with morphological and phenotypic similarities to human T cell/histiocyte rich DLBCL and HL with characteristic H/RS-like cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009
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Sorbara L, Cheng RZ, Pittaluga S, et al. (2002) T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma: a heterogeneous entity with derivation from germinal center B cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009
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(LTCL), lymphoblastic B cell lymphoma (LBCL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the histiocyte/T cell rich variant of DLBCL (DLBCL-HA/T cell rich DLBCL), splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), follicular B cell lymphoma (FBL) and plasmacytoma (PCT).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009
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Half of the DLBCL belonged to the morphological histiocyte-associated variant DLBCL-HA (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Silke H. Raffegerst et al. 2009
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