heterophagy

heterophagy

 [het″er-of´ah-je] the taking into a cell of exogenous material by phagocytosis or pinocytosis and the digestion of the ingested material after fusion of the newly formed vacuole with a lysosome.

het·er·oph·a·gy

(het'ĕr-of'ă-jē), Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance phagocytosed from the cell's environment. [hetero- + G. phagō, to eat]

het·er·oph·a·gy

(het'ĕr-of'ă-jē) Digestion within a cell of a substance phagocytized from outside itself. [hetero- + G. phagō, to eat]