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Descriptor English: Phagocytes
Descriptor Spanish: Fagocitos
Descriptor fagocitos
Scope note: Célula capaz de rodear, engullir y digerir microorganismos y restos celulares. Los fagocitos fijos, los que no circulan, son los macrófagos fijos y las células del sistema reticuloendotelial. Los fagocitos libres, los que circulan por el torrente sanguíneo, son los leucocitos y los macrófagos libres. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.521)
Descriptor Portuguese: Fagócitos
Descriptor French: Phagocytes
Entry term(s): Cell, Phagocytic
Cells, Phagocytic
Phagocyte
Phagocytic Cell
Phagocytic Cells
Tree number(s): A11.733
A15.382.680
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010586
Scope note: Cells that can carry out the process of PHAGOCYTOSIS.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Phagocytosis (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
DeCS ID: 10776
Unique ID: D010586
NLM Classification: QW 690
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Phagocytes - Preferred
Concept UI M0016451
Scope note Cells that can carry out the process of PHAGOCYTOSIS.
Preferred term Phagocytes
Entry term(s) Cell, Phagocytic
Cells, Phagocytic
Phagocyte
Phagocytic Cell
Phagocytic Cells



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