Clasmatocyte

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of macrophage. obsolete

    "The mobilization of clasmatocyte which Gay and his collaborators found produced such a remarkable increase in the resistance of rabbits to intrapleural infections with streptococcus caused no appreciable increase in their resistance to this strain of pneumococcus."

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macrophage

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"The mobilization of clasmatocyte which Gay and his collaborators found produced such a remarkable increase in the resistance of rabbits to intrapleural infections with streptococcus caused no appreciable increase in their resistance to this strain of pneumococcus."

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σμᾰ (klắsmă, “a fragment, rupture”) + -cyte.

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