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reticuloendothelial definition

re·ticu·lo·endo·theli·al (-en′də t̸hē′lē əl)

adjective

designating or of the system of macrophages found in the bone marrow, liver, spleen, etc., including all the phagocytic cells except the granular leukocytes: they can take up certain dyes, bacteria, etc.

Etymology: < ModL reticulum (see reticule) + endothelial

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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