lamellocyte

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noun

A large, flat cell that functions as a plasmatocyte.

OriginLatin lāmella →
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Meanings

nounlamellocyte (plural lamellocytes)

plural lamellocytes

  1. A large, flat cell that functions as a plasmatocyte.

    When further elucidating the immune status of Hml-apo larvae, we observe a shift in immune effector pathways including massive lamellocyte differentiation and induction of Toll- as well as repression of imd signaling.

    2015 September 1, “Apoptosis in Hemocytes Induces a Shift in Effector Mechanisms in the Drosophila Immune System and Leads to a Pro-Inflammatory State”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Latinlāmella“thin plate”
  2. Englishlamellocyte

From Latin lāmella (“thin plate”) + -cyte.

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Chicago

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