phagosome /phago·some/ (fag´o-sōm) a membrane-bound vesicle in a phagocyte containing the phagocytized material.
phagosome
phag·o·some (f g  -s m )n. A membrane-bound vesicle formed in a cell by an inward folding of the cell membrane to hold foreign matter taken into the cell by phagocytosis. |
phagosome
[fag′əsōm]
a membrane-bound cytoplasmic vesicle within the phagocyte that engulfs it. The vesicle contains phagocytized materials and may fuse with a lysosome, forming a phagolysosome within which the lysosome digests the phagocytized material. Also called phagocytic vacuole.
phagosome
a membrane-bound vesicle in a phagocyte containing the phagocytized material. Called also a phagocytic vacuole.
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