Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reticuloendothelial_system

1 sense of reticuloendothelial system

Sense 1
reticuloendothelial system, RES -- (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")