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Phagocytosis Common

Origin: Greek suffix -osis

Phagocytosis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection

2

A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

See Also
opsonin cell erythrophagocytosis elastophagocytosis dysphagocytosis phagocytize chédiak higashi syndrome fc receptor
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bodily process
Rhyming Words
sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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