See Also: reticuloendothelial(medicine)
reticuloendothelial(dictionary)
reticuloendothelial cell(medicine)
reticuloendothelial system(medicine)
Reticuloendothelial system(health)
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reticuloendothelial (iou)



reticuloendothelial adjective. E20.
[from RETICUL(UM + -O- + ENDOTHELIAL.]
Medicine. Of, pertaining to, or designating a diverse system of fixed and circulating phagocytic cells involved in the immune response, common esp. in the liver, spleen, and lymphatic system (usu. held to include the monocytes of the blood but not polymorphonuclear leucocytes).
reticuloendotheli'osis noun overgrowth of some part of the reticuloendothelial system E20.