A small phagocytic blood cell, in particular a polymorphonuclear leucocyte.
〔生理〕小噬细胞（尤指分叶核的白细胞）
Example sentencesExamples
This method can be applied to both macrophages and microphages.
In addition, T-cells can create microphages and scavenger cells that scour the body looking for foreign substances in need of a smackdown.
Macrophages are not as numerous as microphages, and there are no large reserves of them, but they are longer lived than microphages.
It's quite possible that the microbes may be more powerful than the microphages, in which case it's the microphage that gets shot before it can wield the baton.
They get into cells that are supposed to protect us from bacteria, the microphages, and it's in there that they're able to produce this toxin.
Definition of microphage in US English:
microphage
nounˈmīkrōˌfājˈmaɪkroʊˌfeɪdʒ
Physiology
A small phagocytic blood cell, in particular a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
〔生理〕小噬细胞（尤指分叶核的白细胞）
Example sentencesExamples
Macrophages are not as numerous as microphages, and there are no large reserves of them, but they are longer lived than microphages.
This method can be applied to both macrophages and microphages.
In addition, T-cells can create microphages and scavenger cells that scour the body looking for foreign substances in need of a smackdown.
It's quite possible that the microbes may be more powerful than the microphages, in which case it's the microphage that gets shot before it can wield the baton.
They get into cells that are supposed to protect us from bacteria, the microphages, and it's in there that they're able to produce this toxin.