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RES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

Synonyms:

RES; reticuloendothelial system

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("RES" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "RES"):

mononuclear phagocyte system; MPS; system of macrophages (a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow)

Holonyms ("RES" is a part of...):

immune system (a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response)

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