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• Madden

  [mad-n] /ˈmæd n/ verb (used with object) 1. to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her. 2. to make insane. verb (used without object) 3. to become ; act as if ; rage. /ˈmædən/ verb 1. to make or become mad or angry v. “to drive to distraction,” 1822; earlier “to be mad” (1735), from […]

• Macrophagous

  /məˈkrɒfəɡəs/ adjective 1. (zoology) (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food

• Macrophage

  [mak-ruh-feyj] /ˈmæk rəˌfeɪdʒ/ noun, Cell Biology. 1. a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis. /ˈmækrəʊˌfeɪdʒ/ noun 1. any large phagocytic cell occurring in the blood, lymph, and connective tissue of vertebrates See also histiocyte n. 1890, from macro- + […]

• Madder-family

  noun 1. the large plant family Rubiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having simple, opposite, or whorled leaves, usually four- or five-lobed flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or nut, and including the gardenia, madder, partridgeberry, and shrubs and trees that are the source of coffee, ipecac, and quinine.

• Madder-lake

  noun 1. a strong purple-red color. 2. a pigment of this color formerly obtained from the madder root, characterized chiefly by lack of permanence.

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