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Phagocytose

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• 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 […]

• Phagolysosome

  phagolysosome phag·o·ly·so·some (fāg’ə-lī’sə-sōm’) n. A cellular body that is formed by the union of a phagosome or an ingested particle with a lysosome that contains hydrolytic enzymes.

• Phagocytosis

  [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 until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and […]

• Phagomania

  /ˌfæɡəʊˈmeɪnɪə/ noun 1. a compulsive desire to eat noun a passion for food, eating Word Origin Greek phago ‘to eat’

• Phagophobia

  noun a fear of food, eating Word Origin Greek phago ‘to eat’

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