Definitions for "RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM"
A group of cells that have the ability to sequester organic and inorganic particles. Cells include macrophages, monocytes, reticular cells of the lymphatic system, endothelial cells of the spleen sinusoids, and microglia.
the system in the body that consits of lymph nodes, bone marrow, and those cells that destroy foreign bodies, excluding certain white blood cells
Macrophage system, which includes all the phagocytic cells of the body except for the granulocytic leukocytes.