emperipolesis

em·per·i·po·le·sis

(em-per'i-pō-lē'sis), Active penetration of one cell by another, which remains intact; observed in tissue cultures in which leukocytes have entered macrophages but subsequently left. [G. en (em), inside, + peri, around, + poleomai, to wander about]

emperipolesis

(ĕm-pĕr″ĭ-pĕ-lē′sĭs) [Gr. en, in + peri, around + poleisthai, to wander] The presence of cells of one type within the cytoplasm of cells of another lineage. One example of emperipolesis is erythrophagocytosis.