Look up: Phagocytosis


  1. Phagocytosis
    Ingestion of particulate material such as bacteria by protozoa and phagocytic cells of higher organisms.
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  2. Phagocytosis
    the ingestion of small particles, bacteria or viruses into the cell, by engulfing it in a vacuole .
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  3. phagocytosis
    [n] - process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Phagocytosis
    The act of absorbing and digesting fragments, detritus, or whole organisms, as an amoeba does.
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  7. Phagocytosis
    Ingestion and digestion of bacteria and particles by phagocytes.
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  8. 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-' come...
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  9. phagocytosis
    Uptake of particulate material by a cell (endocytosis). See opsonization, phagocyte.
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  10. 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 i...
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  11. phagocytosis
    noun process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
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  12. 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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  1. 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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  2. 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 ...
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  3. 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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  4. Phagocytosis
    The engulfment of a particle or a microorganism by leukocytes.
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  5. phagocytosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: fag′ō-sī-tō′sis Definitions: 1. The process of ingestion and digestion by cells of solid substances, other cells, bacteria, bits of necrotic tissue, foreign particles.
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  6. Phagocytosis
    Phagocytosis ({etymology|grc|{{lang|grc|φαγεῖν} (phagein) |to devour||κύτος, (kytos) | cell||-osis|process}}) is the cellular process of engulfing solid particles by the cell membrane to form an internal phagosome by phagocytes and protists. Phagocytosis is a specific form of endocytosi...
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  7. Phagocytosis
    - the ingestion of small particles, bacteria or viruses into the cell, by engulfing it in a vacuole .
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  8. 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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  9. phagocytosis
    phagocytosis: see endocytosis.
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  10. phagocytosis
    (fag;uo-si-to;sis) Cellular eating; the ability of some cells (such as white blood cells) to engulf large particles (such as bacteria) and digest these particles by merging the food vacuole in which they are contained with a lysosome containing digestive enzymes.
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  11. phagocytosis
    (fag;uo-si-to;sis) Cellular eating; the ability of some cells (such as white blood cells) to engulf large particles (such as bacteria) and digest these particles by merging the food vacuole in which they are contained with a lysosome containing digestive enzymes.
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  12. phagocytosis
    The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.
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  13. phagocytosis
    1) Activity 2) Bodily function 3) Bodily process 4) Body process
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