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Large, phagocytic mononuclear [[leukocyte]]s produced in the vertebrate [[bone marrow]] and released into the [[blood]]; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles ([[Medical Subject Headings]])
Large, phagocytic mononuclear [[leukocyte]]s produced in the vertebrate [[bone marrow]] and released into the [[blood]]; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles ([[Medical Subject Headings]]); they are the precursors of non-circulating [[macrophage]]s

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Large, phagocytic mononuclear leukocytes produced in the vertebrate bone marrow and released into the blood; contain a large, oval or somewhat indented nucleus surrounded by voluminous cytoplasm and numerous organelles (Medical Subject Headings); they are the precursors of non-circulating macrophages