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Process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris
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phagocytosis
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n. (context immunology cytology English) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
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n. process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection
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In cell biology , phagocytosis is the process by which a cell —often a phagocyte or a protist —engulfs a solid particle to form an internal vesicle known as a phagosome . Phagocytosis is a specific form of endocytosis involving the vascular internalization ...
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Fat sees a cosmic phagocytosis in progress, one in which in micro-form we are each involved.