Dictionary of Biological Psychology
(from Greek, makros: great, phagein: to eat) Literally a ‘big eater’—a description given to any large CELL engaged in phagocytosis; MONOCYTES, for example, can act as macrophages; see IMMUNE SYSTEM.
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