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phagocytosis

phag·o·cy·to·sis
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fag-uh-sahy-toh-sis]
    • /ˌfæg ə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs/
    • /ˌfæɡ·əˌsɑɪˈtoʊ·sɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fag-uh-sahy-toh-sis]
    • /ˌfæg ə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs/

Definitions of phagocytosis word

  • noun phagocytosis 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 formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells. 1
  • noun phagocytosis the process by which a cell, such as a white blood cell, ingests microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles 0
  • noun phagocytosis the ingestion and destruction by phagocytes of cells, microorganisms, foreign particles, etc. 0
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Origin of phagocytosis

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95; phagocyte + -osis

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Parts of speech for Phagocytosis

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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Related words

  • endocytosis

    The taking in of matter by a living cell by invagination of its membrane to form a vacuole.

  • food vacuole

    a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.

  • macrophage

    a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.

  • opsonic

    of, relating to, or influenced by opsonin; capable of promoting phagocytosis.

  • opsonify

    to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.

  • pinocytosis

    the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
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