noun
a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
• Syn: ↑reticuloendothelial system
• Hypernyms: ↑system
• Part Holonyms: ↑immune system
• Part Meronyms: ↑mononuclear phagocyte system, ↑MPS, ↑system of macrophages
Useful english dictionary. 2012.