phagocytosis /phago·cy·to·sis/ (-si-to´sis) the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes.phagocytot´ic 
Phagocytosis
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Phagocytosis.
phag·o·cy·to·sis (f g  -s -t  s s)n. The engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign bodies by phagocytes. phag o·cy·totic (-t tk) adj. |
Phagocytosis
A process by which a white blood cell envelopes and digests debris and microorganisms to remove them from the blood.
Mentioned in: Legionnaires' Disease, White Blood Cell Count and Differential
phagocytosis
[fag′əsītō′sis]
Etymology: Gk, phagein + kytos + osis, condition
the process by which certain cells engulf and destroy microorganisms and cellular debris. The process includes five steps: (1) invagination, (2) engulfment, (3) internalization and formation of the phagocyte vacuole, (4) fusing of lysosomes to digest the phagocytosed material, and (5) release of digested microbial products. phagocytize, v.
phagocytosis (fag´
sītō´sis),n the engulfing of microorganisms, cells, and other substances by phagocytes. See also phagocyte.
phagocytosis
the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes. 
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Phagocytosis. By permission from Roitt I, Brostoff J, Male D, Immunology, Mosby, 2001
phagocytosis
The process of ingestion of solid substances (e.g. cells, bacteria, parts of necrosed tissue) by cells and transported to a site within the cell where it is broken down by lysosomal enzymes.
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