reticuloendothelial system

1. 1.

   a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

   SynonymsRES

   Broadersystem

   Part ofimmune system

   Partsmononuclear phagocyte system

Questions about reticuloendothelial system

What does reticuloendothelial system mean?

reticuloendothelial system means "a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells".

What is another word for reticuloendothelial system?

Close synonyms include RES. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reticuloendothelial system a common word?

reticuloendothelial system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.