siderophage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A macrophage that has absorbed iron-containing particles, occurring in victims of certain kinds of heart attacks.

Word forms

siderophage siderophages

Etymology

From sidero- + -phage.

Related words

hemosiderin hemosiderophage siderophagic siderophagous
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