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>The big "eating" cells (do not know the proper english name) macrophage

• imagine99 7y ago
  >macrophage That's arguably Greek ;-)
  • teddyh 7y ago
    The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. — James Davis Nicoll
• hutzlibu 7y ago
  Ok, I edited eating cells to killer cells, before you replied. Because with a quick look on english and german wikipedia, I found a bit contradicting information. Anyway, my first post was more right as the macrophage cells are indeed a first line of the defense and killer cells come later (ca. 3 days). So .. I leave this debate to more knowing persons.