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OUTLIER Word Stories · How I knew it

MICROPHAGE

“I learnt this word from my tattoo artist, who explained that MICROPHAGES are these busy little dudes in our immune system, and the reason a tattoo will spread and blur over decades. The macrophages are picking up tiny bits of ink and trying to hustle them out of the body. 🤯”

@scrambles · Australia

Found on Day 95

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