Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign bodies by phagocytes.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The destruction of microbes by phagocytes.
Wiktionary
- n. immunology, cytology The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
WordNet 3.0
- n. process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
Etymologies
- From the German Phagocytosis; equivalent to phagocyte + -osis; compare the French phagocytose. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Thorough analysis of the phenomena of immunization, an analysis based on extremely numerous experiments, has shown that phagocytosis is in truth a defence action on the part of the organism against the agents of disease.”
“Every influence that can trigger off the phagocytosis is naturally brought to bear.”
“In the investigations on the opsonins and bacteriotropins, investigations guided by humoral notions, on the whole only the power of the blood fluid to favour phagocytosis is regarded.”
“But it is generally held that the phagocytosis is an important element in cure effected by the Bier method.”
“Uptake of bacteria induces a form of PMN cell death termed phagocytosis-induced cell death (PICD) that is dependent upon ROS production and is important for resolution of infection and inflammation”
“Through a process called phagocytosis, the macrophages digest the damaged tissue and release its components.”
“In laboratory tests, Dr. Ghoneum exposed cancer cells to yeast and observed as they ingested the yeast-through a process known as phagocytosis-and then the cancer cells died.”
“During the study, Ghoneum exposed cancer cells to yeast and observed as they ingested the yeast†"through a process known as phagocytosisâ€" and then the cancer cells died.”
“During the study, Ghoneum exposed cancer cells to yeast and observed as they ingested the yeast-through a process known as phagocytosis-and then the cancer cells died.”
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“For more than two decades, Dr. Ghoneum has pursued a theory that cancer cells to yeast and observed as they ingested the yeast-through a process known as phagocytosis-and then the cancer cells died.”
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