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scavenger cell

NOUN
  1. a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

How To Use scavenger cell In A Sentence

  • In addition, T-cells can create microphages and scavenger cells that scour the body looking for foreign substances in need of a smackdown.
  • Scavenger cells called microglia can be found in the center of plaques, and astrocytes, a type of cell that usually helps protect neurons, are found around the outside of the spherical plaques.
  • Macrophage: a large scavenger cell present in connective tissue and in many major organs and tissues.
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