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phagocyte
A cell capable of ingesting bacteria, foreign particles, & other cells (phagocytosis).
Most commonly:
1) neutrophils
2) macrophages
but other cells may be capable of phagocytosis.
Related
phagocytic disorder
Specific
basal cell
macrophage
mesangial cell
microglia (Hortega cell)
monocyte
neutrophil or polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN, poly)
General
immune cell
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.