In medicine, emperipolesis is the presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another cell. It is derived from Greek (em is inside, peri is around, polemai is wander about). It is related to peripolesis, which is the attachment of one cell to another. ==Associations== It is seen in various conditions including: ==Additional images== Image:E...
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Active penetration of one cell by another, which remains intact; observed in tissue cultures in which polymorphonuclear leukocytes have entered macrophages and subsequently left. ... Origin: G. En (em), inside, + peri, around, + poleomai, to wander about ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: em-per′i-pō-lē′sis Definitions: 1. Active penetration of one cell by another, which remains intact; observed in tissue cultures in which leukocytes have entered macrophages but subsequently left.
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