| Term: | macrophage defense response to fungus |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | macrophage |
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| Synonyms: | histiocyte |
| Definition: | A mononuclear phagocyte present in variety of tissues, typically differentiated from monocytes, capable of phagocytosing a variety of extracellular particulate material, including immune complexes, microorganisms, and dead cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009141] |
| Name: | defense response to fungus |
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| Synonyms: | defence response to fungi, defence response to fungus, defense response to fungi, defense response to fungus, incompatible interaction, resistance response to pathogenic fungi, resistance response to pathogenic fungus, response to parasitic fungi, response to parasitic fungus |
| Definition: | Reactions triggered in response to the presence of a fungus that act to protect the cell or organism. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0050832] QuickGO AmiGO |