Definition of "macrophages" []

• Plural form of macrophage. (noun)

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• "White cells called macrophages and leukocytes multiply and kill off some of the bacteria in your system."
• "Then scavenger cells called macrophages come in and gobble up the dead vein like garbage."
• "As immune cells called macrophages burrow into the arterial tissue to gobble up foreign material, they can set off a vicious cycle of irritation and scarring."