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an·ti·phag·o·cyt·ic

(an'tē-fag-ō-sit'-ik),
Impeding or preventing the action of the phagocytes.
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The antiphagocytic activity of the capsule is well established and the quantity of capsule is decisive for S.
Researchers had not previously appreciated the depth to which the MTB genome was devoted to synthesizing the antiphagocytic cell envelope, confirming its importance as a virulence factor and a possible vaccine target.
Antiphagocytic properties of uterine isolates of streptococcus zooepidemicus and mechanisms of killing in freshly obtained blood of horses.
pyogenes cell surface affects important virulence mechanisms, such as host cell adherence and antiphagocytic properties, in a pharmacologically desirable way (Boel et al.
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anthracis can have both short antiphagocytic activity and leukocidal effects on white blood cells.
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