Look up: Phagocytosis

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   Phagocytosis
   Ingestion of particulate material such as bacteria by protozoa and phagocytic cells of higher organisms.
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   Phagocytosis
   the ingestion of small particles, bacteria or viruses into the cell, by engulfing it in a vacuole .
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   phagocytosis
   [n] - process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris
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   Phagocytosis
   Phagocytosis is the term describing the ingestion of micro-organisms, cells, and foreign particles by phagocytes, e.g. phagocytic macrophages. See macrophages.
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   Phagocytosis
   Phagocytosis is the term describing the ingestion of micro-organisms, cells, and foreign particles by phagocytes, e.g. phagocytic macrophages. See macrophages.
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   Phagocytosis
   The act of absorbing and digesting fragments, detritus, or whole organisms, as an amoeba does.
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   Phagocytosis
   Ingestion and digestion of bacteria and particles by phagocytes.
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   Phagocytosis
   Phagocytosis: The process by which a cell engulfs particles such as bacteria, other microorganisms, aged red blood cells, foreign matter, etc. The principal phagocytes (cells that can engage in phagocytosis) include the neutrophils and monocytes (types of white blood cells). The prefix 'phago-' comes from the Greek 'phago' meaning 'to eat.'
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   phagocytosis
   Uptake of particulate material by a cell (endocytosis). See opsonization, phagocyte.
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    phagocytosis
    <cell biology> Endocytosis of particulate material, such as microorganisms or cell fragments. The material is taken into the cell in membrane bound vesicles (phagosomes) that originate as pinched off invaginations of the plasma membrane. Phagosomes fuse with lysosomes, forming phagolysosomes in which the engulfed material is killed and digest ...
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    phagocytosis
    noun process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
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    Phagocytosis
    [[Image:Phagocytosis.png|thumb|right|300px|`Steps of a macrophage ingesting a pathogen `Phagocytosis` is the cellular process of engulfing solid particles by the cell membrane to form an internal phagosome, or `food vacuole.` The phagosome is usually delivered to the lysosome, an organelle involved in the breakdown of cellular components, which fuses with the phagosome. The contents are subsequently degraded and either released extracellularly vi...
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    phagocytosis
    (fa″go-si-to´sis) the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes. adj., phagocytot´ic., adj. Phagocytosis.
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    phagocytosis
    process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles. The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled ... [17 related articles]
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    phagocytosis
    endocytosis of particulate material, such as microorganisms or cell fragments. The material is taken into the cell in membrane-bound vesicles (phagosomes) that originate as pinched off invaginations of the plasma membrane. Phagosomes fuse with lysosomes, forming phagolysosomes in which the engulfed material is killed and digested.
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    phagocytosis
    phagocytosis The engulfing and ingesting of foreign particles or waste matter by phagocytes. Related 'eat, eating' word units: brycho-; esculent-; esophago-; glutto-; vor-.
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    phagocytosis
    The process of ingestion and digestion by cells of solid substances, e.g., other cells, bacteria, bits of necrosed tissue, foreign particles. See Also: endocytosis [phagocyte + G. -osis, condition]
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    Phagocytosis
    The engulfment of a particle or a microorganism by leukocytes.
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    Phagocytosis
    - the ingestion of small particles, bacteria or viruses into the cell, by engulfing it in a vacuole .
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    phagocytosis
    The process of engulfing and destroying extracellularly-derived material by a phagocytic cell, such as macrophage, neutrophil, or amoeba. Phagocytosis ('cell eating') is a form of endocytosis. In it, the cell changes shape by sending out projections called pseudpodia. The phagocytic cell may be att...
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    phagocytosis
    phagocytosis: see endocytosis.
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