scavenger cell

1. 1.

   a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

   Synonymsphagocyte

   Broadersomatic cell

   Narrowermacrophagefixed phagocytefree phagocyte

Questions about scavenger cell

What does scavenger cell mean?

scavenger cell means "a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms".

What is another word for scavenger cell?

Close synonyms include phagocyte. 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 scavenger cell a common word?

scavenger cell 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.