Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "macrophagous" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF MACROPHAGOUS

macrophagous  [məˈkrɒfəɡəs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACROPHAGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Macrophagous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MACROPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

macrophagous

Macrophage

Macrophages, sometimes called macrophagocytes, are cells produced by the differentiation of monocytes in tissues. Macrophages were discovered by Ilya Mechnikov, a Russian bacteriologist, in 1884. Human macrophages are about 21 micrometres in diameter. Monocytes and macrophages are phagocytes. Macrophages function in both non-specific defense as well as help initiate specific defense mechanisms of vertebrate animals. Macrophages have the unique ability to metabolize one amino acid, arginine, to either a "killer" molecule or a "repair" molecule. Macrophages predominantly expressing the killer phenotype are called M1 macrophages, whereas those involved in tissue repair are called M2 macrophages. Their role is to phagocytose, or engulf and then digest, cellular debris and pathogens, either as stationary or as mobile cells. They also stimulate lymphocytes and other immune cells to respond to pathogens. They are specialized phagocytic cells that attack foreign substances, infectious microbes and cancer cells through destruction and ingestion. They are present in all living tissues, and have a function in regeneration.

Definition of macrophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of macrophagous in the dictionary is feeding on relatively large particles of food.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACROPHAGOUS


anthropophagous
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
coprophagous
kɒˈprɒfəɡəs
creophagous
krɪˈɒfəɡəs
entomophagous
ˌɛntəˈmɒfəɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
hematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
hylophagous
haɪˈlɒfəɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
microphagous
maɪˈkrɒfəɡəs
necrophagous
nəˈkrɒfəɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
omophagous
əʊˈmɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
saprophagous
sæˈprɒfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
scatophagous
skəˈtɒfəɡəs
theophagous
θɪˈɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACROPHAGOUS

macromolecule
macron
macronuclear
macronuclei
macronucleus
macronutrient
macrophage
macrophagic
macrophotograph
macrophotography
macrophylum
macrophysics
macrophyte
macrophytic
macropinacoid
macropinakoid
macropod
macroprism
macropsia
macropterous

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACROPHAGOUS

analogous
autophagous
bacteriophagous
carpophagous
endophagous
exophagous
haematophagous
hippophagous
ichthyophagous
mallophagous
meliphagous
melliphagous
monophagous
mycophagous
myrmecophagous
oligophagous
ostreophagous
polyphagous
toxicophagous
xiphopagous
zoophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of macrophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «macrophagous» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF MACROPHAGOUS

Find out the translation of macrophagous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of macrophagous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «macrophagous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

macrophagous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macrophagous
570 millions of speakers

English

macrophagous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

macrophagous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

macrophagous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

macrophagous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

macrophagous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

macrophagous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

macrophagous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makrofagus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

macrophagous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

macrophagous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

macrophagous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Macrophagous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

macrophagous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

macrophagous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅक्रोफेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

macrophagous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macrophagous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

macrophagous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

macrophagous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

macrophagous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

macrophagous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

macrophagous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

macrophagous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

macrophagous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of macrophagous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROPHAGOUS»

The term «macrophagous» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Unused
4
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «macrophagous» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of macrophagous
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «macrophagous».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROPHAGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «macrophagous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «macrophagous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about macrophagous

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACROPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of macrophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to macrophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
Macrophagous Tadpoles Some pond-dwelling tadpoles are adapted for feeding on large food particles and are termed macrophagous tadpoles (Duellman and Trueb 1986; Altig and Johnston 1989). The buccal cavity often is relatively large,  ...
Kentwood D. Wells, 2010
2
Competition Science Vision
Macrophagous. Feeders. They take in large food particles and include the following : (i) Tentacular Feeders — Cnido- cil of nematoblasts located in the tentacles help to kill or capture the food materials (prey). As the prey brush against the ...
3
Advances in Polychaete Research
The gut contents of individuals collected from two epifaunal and two infaunal habitats are compared. Our a priori expectation was that individuals from epifaunal habitats would be classified as macrophagous with guts indicating carnivory ...
Elin Sigvaldadottir, Andrew S.Y. Mackie, Gudmundur V. Helgason, 2003
4
Issues in Global Environment—Climate and Climate Change: ...
(2011 MAR 25) National University, San Carlos de Bariloche: Identification of gut contents and microscopical observations of the gut epithelium of the macrophagous ascidian Cibacapsa gulosa Monniot and Monniot 1983 ( Phlebobranchia, ...
‎2013
5
Marine Food Chains
The methods of study of feeding vary with the feeding type, especially whether the animals in question are macrophagous or microphagous feeders. In macrophagous feeders much information on feeding and food can be obtained from ...
John H. Steele, 1970
6
Tadpoles: The Biology of Anuran Larvae
Macrophagous tadpoles had a short angle of ceratohyal rotation (stroke of the piston) and long lever arm combined with a large buccal floor area (bore of the cylinder). Conversely, midwater suspension feeders had a large degree of rotation ...
Roy W. McDiarmid, Ronald Altig, 1999
7
Integrated Livestock-fish Farming Systems
wild, uncultivated Grasses for the macrophagous grass carp. This fish species largely filled the niche occupied by ruminants in mixed farming systems in Europe. Recently other macrophagous fish species such as the silver barb have been ...
David Little, Peter Edwards, 2003
8
Echinoderm Research
No gut contents were obtained but the similarity in anatomy and behaviour to branched armed gorgonocephalids is striking, and this species is probably also a macrophagous suspension feeder. The rather conservative anatomy of many of ...
Michel Jangoux, 1990
9
Starfish: Biology and Ecology of the Asteroidea
The incidence of macrophagous predation and scavenging by O. reticulatus is determined by the availability and capturability of suitable prey (Scheibling 1982a, Wulff1995). In seagrass habitats in the Grenadines, O. reticulatus preys on the ...
John M. Lawrence, 2013
10
Evolutionary Ecology: The Trinidadian Guppy
... CURIMATIDAE Steindachnerina argentea GASTEROPELECIDAE Gasteropelecus sternicla ANASTOMIDAE Carnivorous, macrophagous, and generally ichthyophagous Leporinus frederici (1,2) CHARACIDAE Astyanax bimaculatus Brycon ...
Anne E. Magurran, 2005

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACROPHAGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term macrophagous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
In Resolving Darwin's Doubt, New Cambrian Animal Fossils Are No …
The evolution of gigantic filter-feeders within clades of nektic macrophagous predators is well documented in Mesozoic pachycormid fish and ... «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Macrophagous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/macrophagous>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z