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phagocytoses

phagocytoses is the plural of phagocytosis.

Meaning of phagocytosis

Noun

phagocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural phagocytoses)

  1. A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
    • On account of the possession of this property, Metschnikoff has suggested for these groups of cells the term phagocytes, as expressive of their most distinctive feature, and for the process in general the term phagocytosis.1889 April 13, William Osler, “Original Lectures: On Phagocytes”, in Medical Record, volume 35, number 15, page 393

Questions about phagocytoses

What is phagocytoses the plural of?
Phagocytoses is the plural of phagocytosis.

Words near phagocytoses in the dictionary

  1. phagocytized
  2. phagocytizes
  3. phagocytizing
  4. phagocytose
  5. phagocytosed
  6. phagocytoses
  7. phagocytosing
  8. phagocytosis
  9. phagocytotic
  10. phagocytozing
  11. phagodepression

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