See Also: macrophagocyte(medicine)

uneasy (iou) and macrophagocyte (medicine)


uneasy (iou)



uneasy adjective. ME.
[from UN-1 + EASY adjective.]
a. Producing physical discomfort, not conducive to ease or comfort. ME.
b. Causing mental discomfort; unpleasant, disagreeable. Freq. foll. by to. L15-L18.
c. Characterized by or suggesting unease or discomfort. E16.
G. Anson That uneasy and suffocating sensation. L. H. Tribe The tension in this uneasy alliance.
a. Of a road etc.: difficult to traverse. ME-M18.
b. Not easy or simple, difficult. Now rare. LME.
Sir W. Scott 'The road will be uneasy to find', answered Gurth.
Of a person: troublesome, annoying, unaccommodating, (to another). LME-M18.
Uncomfortable or disturbed in mind or body; anxious, apprehensive; (of an animal) restless, unsettled. LME.
Daily Telegraph They are profoundly uneasy about actively assisting a suicide. N. Williams The first sight of the coffin made Henry feel distinctly uneasy.
uneasily adverb ME.
uneasiness noun LME.

macrophagocyte (medicine)


macrophagocyte -->
macrophage


Relatively long lived phagocytic cell of mammalian tissues, derived from blood monocyte. Macrophages from different sites have distinctly different properties. Main types are peritoneal and alveolar macrophages, tissue macrophages (histiocytes), Kupffer cells of the liver and osteoclasts. In response to foreign materials may become stimulated or activated. Macrophages play an important role in killing of some bacteria, protozoa and tumour cells, release substances that stimulate Other cells of the immune system and are involved in antigen presentation. May further differentiate within chronic inflammatory lesions to epithelioid cells or may fuse to form foreign body giant cells or Langhans giant cells.