macrophage

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ -phage, both from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Noun

macrophage (plural macrophages)

1. (immunology, cytology) A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.

Derived terms

• granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Related terms

• macrophagous
• macrophagy

Translations

type of white blood cell

• Arabic: بَالِعَة f (bāliʕa), مَاكْرُوفَاج f (mākrūfāj)
• Catalan: macròfag m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巨噬細胞 / 巨噬细胞 (zh) (jùshìxìbāo)

• Czech: makrofág (cs) m
• Dutch: macrofaag (nl) m
• Finnish: makrofagi (fi)
• French: macrophage (fr) m
• Galician: macrófago (gl) m
• German: Makrophage m, Fresszelle (de) f
• Hungarian: makrofág (hu), nagy falósejt
• Icelandic: gleypifruma f, stóræta f, stórátfruma f
• Italian: macrofago (it) m
• Japanese: マクロファージ (ja) (makurofāji)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hellûşênera gewre f

• Persian: ماکروفاژ (mâkrofâž), ریزه‌خوار (rize-xwâr)
• Portuguese: macrófago
• Russian: макрофа́г (ru) m (makrofág)
• Spanish: macrófago (es) m
• Swedish: makrofag (sv)

See also

• immune system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia