Phagocytic Cell

Preferred Label : Phagocytic Cell;

NCIt synonyms : Phagocytes; Phagocyte;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. It can also boost immune responses. Monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils are phagocytes. A phagocyte is a type of white blood cell.;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000043979;

Details

Origin ID

C12657;

UMLS CUI

C0031307;

Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Immune System [NCIt concept]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Phagocyte [FMA entity]
- phagocyte [COVID-19 Thesaurus concept]
- phagocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- phagocytes [MeSH concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- phagocytic cell, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Phagocytic cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Phagocyte [FMA entity]
- Phagocytic cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- phagocytes [MeSH concept]
- phagocytes [MeSH Descriptor]
- phagocytic cell, nos [SNOMED Notion]
is_location_of_biological_process
- Neuronophagia [NCIt concept]
- Phagocytosis [NCIt concept]

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