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trogocytosis

trogocytosis noun: a process whereby lymphocytes conjugated to antigen-presenting cells extract surface molecules from these cells and express them on their own surface.

Noun

trogocytosis (uncountable)

  1. A process whereby lymphocytes conjugated to antigen-presenting cells extract surface molecules from these cells and express them on their own surface

Questions about trogocytosis

What does trogocytosis mean?
Trogocytosis means a process whereby lymphocytes conjugated to antigen-presenting cells extract surface molecules from these cells and express them on their own surface.
What part of speech is trogocytosis?
Trogocytosis is a noun.

Words near trogocytosis in the dictionary

  1. trogloxene
  2. trogloxenes
  3. trogocytic
  4. trogocytose
  5. trogocytosed
  6. trogocytosis
  7. trogon
  8. trogonid
  9. trogonids
  10. trogonophid
  11. trogonophids

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