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A type of [[leukocyte]] (i.e., white blood cells) that is associated with chronic inflammatory response. It digests foreign cells using the mechanism of [[phagocytosis]], and both circulates in the blood, but later attaches to tissue as a part of local immune response | A type of [[leukocyte]] (i.e., white blood cells) that is associated with chronic inflammatory response. It digests foreign cells using the mechanism of [[phagocytosis]], and both circulates in the blood, but later attaches to tissue as a part of local immune response. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:57, 11 December 2008
A type of leukocyte (i.e., white blood cells) that is associated with chronic inflammatory response. It digests foreign cells using the mechanism of phagocytosis, and both circulates in the blood, but later attaches to tissue as a part of local immune response.