PHAGOCYTOSIS

phagocytosis

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

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Etymology

Noun

phagocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural phagocytoses)

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

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