"foam cell" meaning in All languages combined

See foam cell on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: foam cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foam cell (plural foam cells)
  1. (cytology, cardiology) A type of macrophage that has become engorged with lipid material, particularly cholesterol.

Inflected forms

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