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Having an abnormally keen sense of smell.  

Examination of an object with the naked eye. The inspection of objects using the unaided eye.  

Abnormally large legs.  

Excessive size of the nose, either congenital or pathological.  

Abnormally large size of a part or specific tissue.  

The mechanism by which foreign antigens are taken into the macrophage by phagocytosis and broken up. Part of the antigen is then displayed on the surface of the macrophage next to a histocompatibility or “self’ antigen activating T lymphocytes and the specific immune response. T lymphocytes are unable to recognize or respond to most antigens…

A lymphokine that blocks the migration of macrophages in culture.  

A cytokine that blocks the movement and activity of macrophages during inflammation.  

A hematopoietic growth factor that stimulates monocytes to form colonies.  

A lymphokine released by T and B cell lymphocytes in response to an antigen. It attracts macrophages to the site of the invading antigen.