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phagocyte
phagocytosis
  1. (immunology) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “During phagocytosis, this binary system combines to generate active antimicrobial peptides.”
      “Actin filaments and associated proteins are responsible for cellular movement, cytokinesis, and phagocytosis.”
      “Chi Gong also promotes the phagocytosis of white blood cells and increases the lymphocyte transformation rate.”
phagolysosome
  1. (biology) A membrane-bound organelle which is formed from the fusing of a lysosome and a phagosome
  2. Examples:
    1. “Promastigotes attach to mononuclear phagocytes and are taken up by phagocytosis into a phagosome, which fuse with lysosomes to form the phagolysosome.”
phagosome
  1. A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The phagosome is a vital intracellular organelle responsible for engulfing and breaking down cellular components in the process of phagocytosis.”
      “The process of phagocytosis continues until the bacterium is completely internalized, surrounded by membrane in the phagosome.”
      “The engulfed object is thus enclosed within a membrane-bound vacuole called a phagosome.”
phagostimulant
  1. Any material that stimulates the production of phagocytes
phagostimulants
  1. plural of phagostimulant
phagolysosomes
  1. plural of phagolysosome
  2. Examples:
    1. “Neutrophil proteases are released either intracellularly into phagolysosomes or extracellularly after cellular activation.”
      “Hence, there was difficulty in morphologically differentiating phagosomes and phagolysosomes in this regard.”
phagocytoses
phagocytes
  1. plural of phagocyte
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Fc receptors mediate various effects on immune cells, including proliferation of B cells and phagocytosis by phagocytes.”
      “Clearance of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is crucial in maintaining tissue homeostasis.”
      “Histologic studies have shown polymetric birefringent particles surrounded by mononuclear phagocytes and multinucleated foreign body giant cells.”
phagosomes
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