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phagosomes

phagosomes is the plural of phagosome.

Meaning of phagosome

Noun

phagosome (plural phagosomes)

  1. A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
    • Granules characterized by their ability to segregate foreign proteins (phagosomes) were identified in the cells of many rat organs after intravenous administration of horseradish peroxidase, by using the conventional test with benzidine for the histochemical detection of peroxidase.1959 March 25, Werner Straus, “Rapid Cytochemical Identification of Phagosomes in Various Tissues of the Rat and their Differentiation from Mitochondria by the Peroxidase Method”, in Journal of Cell...

Questions about phagosomes

What is phagosomes the plural of?
Phagosomes is the plural of phagosome.

Words near phagosomes in the dictionary

  1. phagoscores
  2. phagosensor
  3. phagosensors
  4. phagosomal
  5. phagosome
  6. phagosomes
  7. phagostimulant
  8. phagostimulants
  9. phagostimulating
  10. phagostimulation
  11. phagostimulatory

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