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Reticuloendothelial System

see synonyms of reticuloendothelial system

Noun

1. res, reticuloendothelial system

a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Reticuloendothelial System

see synonyms of reticuloendothelial system
n.
The diffuse system of cells that destroy pathogens by phagocytosis, originally thought to include cells of the reticular tissues of the spleen, liver, bone marrow, and lymph nodes along with a variety of endothelial cells, all of which take up dye introduced into the bloodstream. This term has been largely replaced by "mononuclear phagocyte system" and restricted to the monocytes and macrophages.

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