res

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun res has 1 sense

res(n = noun.body) 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; Array

is a kind of system

is a part of immune system

has parts: mononuclear phagocyte system, mps, system of macrophages

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CIDE DICTIONARY

res, n. [L.].

A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point. [1913 Webster]

∥Res gestæ [L., things done] (Law), the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue. Wharton. -- ∥Res judicata [L.] (Law), a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.

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