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reticuloendothelial system
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Noun1.reticuloendothelial system - a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
system - a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
immune system - a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
mononuclear phagocyte system, MPS, system of macrophages - a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow


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Preclinical tolerance studies in terms of animal survival, behavior and pathological assessment indicated capture by the reticulo-endothelial system and negligible toxicity, even for dose-maximization situations in which NBTXR3 was injected by intravenous route on five consecutive days.
 
 
 
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