histiocyte
English
Alternative forms
- histocyte (uncommon variant)
Etymology
histio- (“tissue”) + -cyte (“cell”)
Noun
histiocyte (plural histiocytes)
- (biology) a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
Derived terms
- histiocytic
- histiocytosis
Translations
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French
Noun
histiocyte m (plural histiocytes)
- (biology) histiocyte
Derived terms
- histiocytaire
Further reading
- “histiocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.