Phagocytin


phagocytin phag·o·cy·tin (fāg’ə-sīt’n)
n.
A labile bacteriocide isolated from polymorphonuclear white blood cells.

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    [fag-uh-sahy-tahyz, -si-tahyz] /ˈfæg əˌsaɪ taɪz, -sɪˌtaɪz/ verb (used with object), phagocytized, phagocytizing. 1. (of a phagocyte) to devour (material). phagocytize phag·o·cy·tize (fāg’ə-sĭ-tīz’, -sī’-) v. phag·o·cy·tized, phag·o·cy·tiz·ing, phag·o·cy·tiz·es To ingest by phagocytosis; phagocytose.

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    phagocytolysis phag·o·cy·tol·y·sis (fāg’ə-sī-tŏl’ĭ-sĭs) n. The destruction of phagocytes or white blood cells that occurs during the process of blood coagulation or as the result of the introduction of certain antagonistic foreign substances into the body. phag’o·cy’to·lyt’ic (fāg’ə-sī’tə-lĭt’ĭk) adj.

  • Phagocytose

    [fag-uh-sahy-tohs, -tohz] /ˈfæg əˌsaɪ toʊs, -toʊz/ verb (used with object), phagocytosed, phagocytosing. 1. . phagocytose phag·o·cy·tose (fāg’ə-sĭ-tōs’, -tōz’, -sī’tōs, -tōz) v. phag·o·cy·tosed, phag·o·cy·tos·ing, phag·o·cy·tos·es To phagocytize.

  • Phagocytoses

    [fag-uh-sahy-tohs, -tohz] /ˈfæg əˌsaɪ toʊs, -toʊz/ verb (used with object), phagocytosed, phagocytosing. 1. . [fag-uh-sahy-toh-sis] /ˌfæg ə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs/ noun 1. Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell’s membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold […]


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