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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To ingest by phagocytosis; phagocytose.

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  • verb immunology, cytology, US To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

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Examples

  • Compromising the ability of the RPE to phagocytize photoreceptor outer segments leads to a progressive loss of both rods and cone cells overtime in the RCS rat

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • Compromising the ability of the RPE to phagocytize photoreceptor outer segments leads to a progressive loss of both rods and cone cells overtime in the RCS rat

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • The St. Jude team discovered that TLR, a protein on the surface of cells that phagocytize germs, is the link between this "outside job" of germ engulfment and the housekeeping "inside jobs" done by autophagy.

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  • The St. Jude team discovered that TLR, a protein on the surface of cells that phagocytize germs, is the link between this "outside job" of germ engulfment and the housekeeping "inside jobs" done by autophagy.

    unknown title 2009

  • While macrophages lacking ATG7 were able to phagocytize live yeast cells, the yeast were more likely to survive degradation in macrophages without ATG7 than yeast ingested by normal macrophages.

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  • While macrophages lacking ATG7 were able to phagocytize live yeast cells, the yeast were more likely to survive degradation in macrophages without ATG7 than yeast ingested by normal macrophages.

    unknown title 2009

  • While macrophages lacking ATG7 were able to phagocytize live yeast cells, the yeast were more likely to survive degradation in macrophages without ATG7 than yeast ingested by normal macrophages.

    unknown title 2009

  • The St. Jude team discovered that TLR, a protein on the surface of cells that phagocytize germs, is the link between this "outside job" of germ engulfment and the housekeeping "inside jobs" done by autophagy.

    unknown title 2009

  • These cells also phagocytize antigen - antibody complexes.

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  • While macrophages lacking ATG7 were able to phagocytize live yeast cells, the yeast were more likely to survive degradation in macrophages without ATG7 than yeast ingested by normal macrophages.

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