Categories: Comparisons
An example of metaphor in a science text:
"Macrophages of the spleen, which survey circulating erythrocytes for aged or damaged cells, may also be overly active in response to inflammatory cytokines or infection."
Shanbhag, S. P. & Roy, C. N. (2018) Anemia of Chronic Inflammation, in Edward J. Benz, Nancy Berliner, & Fred J. Schiffman, Anemia. Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management, Cambridge University Press, 150-151.
