• Phagocytosis

    Origin

    From the German Phagocytosis; equivalent to phagocyte + -osis; compare the French phagocytose.

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    Noun

    phagocytosis

    (countable and uncountable; plural phagocytosiss)
    1. (immunology, cytology) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
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