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 from bone marrow, found in connective tissue

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  • noun a macrophage that is found in connective tissue

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek histion, web, diminutive of histos; see stā- in Indo-European roots + –cyte.]

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Examples

  • The scientists propose that several centuries ago, a histiocyte cell in a dog or a wolf turned cancerous.

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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

  • 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

  • (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

  • 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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