National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Phagocytic Cell

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12657

ALT_DEFINITION

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.

code

C12657

Display_Name

Phagocyte

FULL_SYN

Phagocyte

Phagocytes

label

Phagocytic Cell

Legacy_Concept_Name

Phagocytic_Cell

Preferred_Name

Phagocytic Cell

prefixIRI

C12657

prefLabel

Phagocytic Cell

Semantic_Type

Cell

UMLS_CUI

C0031307

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12621

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