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Phagocytosis
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phagocytosis /phago·cy·to·sis/ (-si-to´sis) the engulfing of microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles by phagocytes.phagocytot´ic
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Phagocytosis.
phag·o·cy·to·sis (fg-s-tss)
n.
The engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign bodies by phagocytes.
phago·cy·totic (-ttk) 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´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
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