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US
/ˈfæɡəˌsaɪt/
]
NOUN
- a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
How To Use phagocyte In A Sentence
- Fc receptors mediate various effects on immune cells, including proliferation of B cells and phagocytosis by phagocytes.
- Fc receptors mediate various effects on immune cells, including proliferation of B cells and phagocytosis by phagocytes.
- The argument was that you were writing for other scientists, so defining words like endometriosis or phagocyte were simply a waste of your word limits. Archive 2005-11-01
- Cellular assays include immunophenotyping of specific cell populations as well as assays for lymphocyte and phagocyte function. Immunology Lab
- Following IVIG therapy in patients with ITP, platelet counts generally rise, apparently by Fc receptor blockade of splenic phagocytes and other reticuloendothelial cells.
- Granulocytes are phagocytes which destroy organisms by engulfing them and exposing them to granules of chemicals. Stay Well This Winter
- Then as regards natural powers of destroying bacteria, phagocytosis aided by chemiotaxis plays a part, and it can be understood that an animal whose phagocytes are attracted by a particular bacterium will have an advantage over one in which this action is absent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
- The portrayal of the phagocyte as autonomous is largely derivative from the linked features of its capacity to sense its environment and move freely within it, and the various degrees of unpredictability and meaningfulness that characterize this behavior. The Impulse of Breathing
- Clearance of apoptotic cells by phagocytes is crucial in maintaining tissue homeostasis.
- The flow cytometry based DHR assay is used to evaluate the oxidative metabolism of phagocytes. Immunology Lab