PHAGOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phagocyte mean? 

• PHAGOCYTE (noun)
  The noun PHAGOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

  Familiarity information: PHAGOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHAGOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

phagocyte; scavenger cell

Hypernyms ("phagocyte" is a kind of...):

somatic cell; vegetative cell (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phagocyte"):

macrophage (a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream)

fixed phagocyte (a phagocyte that does not circulate in the blood but is fixed in the liver or spleen or bone marrow etc.)

free phagocyte (a phagocyte that circulates in the blood)

Derivation:

phagocytic (capable of functioning as a phagocyte)

 Context examples 

The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.

(Phagocytosis, NCI Dictionary)

Upon administration of this vaccine, Listeria invade professional phagocytes within the immune system and express mesothelin, which may activate a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against mesothelin-expressing tumor cells, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(Live-Attenuated Listeria Encoding Human Mesothelin Vaccine CRS-207, NCI Thesaurus)

Round, granular, mononuclear phagocytes found in the alveoli of the lungs.

(Alveolar Macrophage, NCI Thesaurus)

A phagocyte is a type of white blood cell.

(Phagocyte, NCI Dictionary)

A cell (such as a phagocyte or a macrophage) that responds to many antigens, not just one antigen.

(Nonspecific immune cell, NCI Dictionary)

A phagosome is formed when the specific receptors on the phagocyte surface recognize ligands on the particle surface.

(Phagocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A dendritic cell is a type of phagocyte and a type of antigen-presenting cell (APC).

(Dendritic cell, NCI Dictionary)

An APC is a type of phagocyte.

(APC, NCI Dictionary)

An antigen-presenting cell is a type of phagocyte.

(Antigen Presenting Cell, NCI Dictionary)

This gene plays a role in the generation of superoxide in phagocytes.

(CYBB Gene, NCI Thesaurus)