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histiocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
his-ti-o-cyte
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue

Etymology

From histio- (“tissue”) + -cyte (“cell”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

histiocytes (plural) histocyte (alternative)

Derived Forms

histiocytic histiocytoid histiocytoma histiocytosis

Questions

What does histiocyte mean?
a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue
Where does histiocyte come from?
From histio- (“tissue”) + -cyte (“cell”).

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