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granulopexy

granulopexy noun: the fixation of granules circulating in the blood, most notably by the reticuloendothelial system.

Noun

granulopexy (uncountable)

  1. The fixation of granules circulating in the blood, most notably by the reticuloendothelial system.
    • It is possible that fixation of granules (granulopexy) is partly as a result of attraction when phagocytes are in contact with solid structures (thigmo-reaction)1968, International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Division, Zoology, Pergamon Press, page 212
    • granulopexy may be observed sometimes in cells that do not belong to the R.E.S.: for example, we all know that liver and kidney cells can appropriate some particulate dyestuffs1969, Fondazione Carlo Erba, Medicine, Biology, and Surgery at the Carlo Erba Foundation: Proceedings of the First 5 Years' Symposia, Carlo Erba Foundation, page 1014

Origin of granulopexy

Equivalent to granulo- + -pexy. Borrowed from French granulopexie, coined by Biozzi et al. in 1948, following work by Nicholas Jancsó, who noted that injection of histamine causes endothelial cells to pick up stray particles.

Words formed from granulopexy

  • granulopectic

Questions about granulopexy

What does granulopexy mean?
Granulopexy means the fixation of granules circulating in the blood, most notably by the reticuloendothelial system.
What part of speech is granulopexy?
Granulopexy is a noun.

Words near granulopexy in the dictionary

  1. granulometry
  2. granulomonocytic
  3. granulonodular
  4. granulopenia
  5. granulopenias
  6. granulopexy
  7. granulophysin
  8. granuloplasm
  9. granuloplasmatic
  10. granuloplasms
  11. granulopoeisis

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