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eryptosis

eryptosis noun: phagocytosis of aging erythrocytes, triggered by changes in their plasma membranes, thus removing old and defective cells and continually purging the blood.

Noun

eryptosis (uncountable)

  1. phagocytosis of aging erythrocytes, triggered by changes in their plasma membranes, thus removing old and defective cells and continually purging the blood
    • This ability may protect the erythrocytes from the eryptosis elicited by osmotic shock when they move in the kidney, where a large gradient of urea is required for the urine concentrating mechanism.2015, Liangsuo Shu, Yingjie Li, Xiaokang, Liu Xin Qian, Suyi Huang, Shiping Jin, Baoxue Yang, “Aquaporin-1 is a Maxwell's Demon in the Body”, in arXiv

Questions about eryptosis

What does eryptosis mean?
Eryptosis means phagocytosis of aging erythrocytes, triggered by changes in their plasma membranes, thus removing old and defective cells and continually purging the blood.
What part of speech is eryptosis?
Eryptosis is a noun.

Words near eryptosis in the dictionary

  1. eryonids
  2. eryonoid
  3. eryonoids
  4. eryopid
  5. eryopids
  6. eryptosis
  7. eryptotic
  8. eryscenoside
  9. erysenegalensein
  10. erysimoside
  11. erysimosol

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