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macrophage

/ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
macrophage
IPA
/ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.

Etymology

From macro- + -phage, both from Ancient Greek.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/

Inflected Forms

macrophages (plural)

Derived Forms

antimacrophage intramacrophage macrophagal macrophageal macrophagelike macrophagic melanomacrophage nonmacrophage

Phrases

granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

Frequently Paired Words

macrophagous macrophagy

Rhymes With

age page stage wage engage minimum wage cage mg rage gauge sage backstage

Questions

How do you pronounce macrophage?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/.
What does macrophage mean?
A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.
Where does macrophage come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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