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单词 phagocytosis
释义

phagocytosis

noun

phago·​cy·​to·​sis ˌfa-gə-sə-ˈtō-səs How to pronounce phagocytosis (audio)
-sī-
plural phagocytoses ˌfa-gə-sə-ˈtō-ˌsēz How to pronounce phagocytosis (audio)
-sī-
: the engulfing and usually the destruction of particulate matter by phagocytes that serves as an important bodily defense mechanism against infection by microorganisms and against occlusion of mucous surfaces or tissues by foreign particles and tissue debris
phagocytotic
ˌfa-gə-sə-ˈtä-tik How to pronounce phagocytosis (audio)
-sī-
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But here’s where the trap comes in: Sprinkled amid the ACE2 receptors are ligands, little molecules that can bind to a cell receptor and, in this case, induce phagocytosis. Wired, 28 July 2022 In addition, Yang also found gene-expression changes in microglia, which clean up waste and eat dead cells in a process called phagocytosis. Stephani Sutherland, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2021

Word History

Etymology

New Latin

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

phagocytosis

noun

phago·​cy·​to·​sis ˌfag-ə-sə-ˈtō-səs, -sī- How to pronounce phagocytosis (audio)
plural phagocytoses -ˌsēz How to pronounce phagocytosis (audio)
: the engulfing and usually the destruction of particulate matter by phagocytes that serves as an important bodily defense mechanism against infection by microorganisms and against occlusion of mucous surfaces or tissues by foreign particles and tissue debris
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