HyperDic: reticuloendothelial_system

English > 1 sense of the expression reticuloendothelial system:
NOUNbodyreticuloendothelial system, RESa widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
English > reticuloendothelial system: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningA widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells.
SynonymRES
Part ofimmune systemA system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
Partsmononuclear phagocyte system, MPS, system of macrophagesA widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
BroadersystemA group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

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