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Noun: fixed phagocyte
  1. A phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver, spleen or bone marrow etc.
    "Kupffer cells are fixed phagocytes found in the liver"

Derived forms: fixed phagocytes

Type of: phagocyte, scavenger cell