The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλᾰ́σμᾰ“a fragment, rupture”
- English todayclasmatocyte
Probably from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σμᾰ (klắsmă, “a fragment, rupture”) + -cyte.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Synonym of macrophage. Full definition →
Probably from Ancient Greek κλᾰ́σμᾰ (klắsmă, “a fragment, rupture”) + -cyte.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.