clasmatocyte

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English

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Etymology

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Probably from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σμᾰ (klásma, a fragment, rupture) +‎ -cyte.

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Noun

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clasmatocyte (plural clasmatocytes)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of macrophage
    • 1929, Ada Clark, Role of Clasmatocytes in Protection Against the Pneumococcus, page 2:
      The mobilization of clasmatocyte which Gay and his collaborators found produced such a remarkable increase in the resistance of rabbits to intrapleural infections with streptococcus caused no appreciable increase in their resistance to this strain of pneumococcus.