Microphage vs. Macrophage

Microphagenoun

(biology) A small phagocyte, especially a polymorphonuclear leucocyte

Microphagenoun

a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)

Macrophagenoun

A white blood cell that phagocytizes necrotic cell debris and foreign material, including viruses, bacteria, and tattoo ink. It presents foreign antigens on MHC II to lymphocytes. Part of the innate immune system.

Macrophagenoun

A large phagocyte.

Macrophagenoun

a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

Macrophage

Macrophages (abbreviated as Mφ, MΦ or MP) (Greek: large eaters, from Greek μακρός (makrós) = large, φαγεῖν (phagein) = to eat) are a type of white blood cell of the immune system that engulfs and digests anything that does not have, on its surface, proteins that are specific to healthy body cells, including cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris, foreign substances, etc. The process is called phagocytosis, which acts to defend the host against infection and injury.These large phagocytes are found in essentially all tissues, where they patrol for potential pathogens by amoeboid movement.