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phagosome

[ fag-uh-sohm ]

noun

  1. a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phagosome1

First recorded in 1955–60; phago- + -some 3

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