| Name: | macrophage |
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| Synonyms: | histiocyte |
| Definition: | A mononuclear phagocyte present in variety of tissues, typically differentiated from monocytes, capable of phagocytosing a variety of extracellular particulate material, including immune complexes, microorganisms, and dead cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009141] |
| Name: | defense response to bacterium |
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| Synonyms: | antibacterial peptide activity, defence response to bacteria, defence response to bacterium, defense response to bacteria, defense response to bacterium, incompatible interaction, resistance response to pathogenic bacteria, resistance response to pathogenic bacterium |
| Definition: | Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a bacterium that act to protect the cell or organism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0042742] QuickGO AmiGO |