phagocytosis
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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.
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| the process by which a cell, such as a white blood cell, ingests microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles | |
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Medical Dictionary
phagocytosis phag·o·cy·to·sis (fāg'ə-sī-tō'sĭs)
n.
The engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign bodies by phagocytes.
phag'o·cy·tot'ic (-tŏt'ĭk) adj.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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phagocytosis
process by which certain living cells called phagocytes ingest or engulf other cells or particles. The phagocyte may be a free-living one-celled organism, such as an amoeba, or one of the body cells, such as a leukocyte (white blood cell). In some forms of animal life, such as amoebas and sponges, phagocytosis is a means of feeding; in higher animals phagocytosis is chiefly a defensive reaction against infection and invasion of the body by foreign substances (antigens).
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The immune system response also involves a process called phagocytosis.
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