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RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
Synonyms:
RES; reticuloendothelial system
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reticuloendothelial system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "reticuloendothelial system"):
mononuclear phagocyte system; MPS; system of macrophages (a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow)
Holonyms ("reticuloendothelial system" is a part of...):
immune system (a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response)
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