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"Macrophages (, from makros "large" + phagein "eat"; abbr. MΦ), are a type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, microbes, and cancer cells in a process called phagocytosis. Macrophages were first discovered by Élie Metchnikoff, a Russian bacteriologist, in 1884. They are found in essentially all tissues, where they..."^^xsd:string
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