PHAGOCYTOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phagocytosis mean? 

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

1. process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHAGOCYTOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in modulation of phagocytosis, apoptosis, actin polymerization and signal transduction.

(Engulfment and Cell Motility Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by histiocytic proliferation and phagocytosis.

(Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes engulfment and cell motility protein 1, plays a role in signal transduction, phagocytosis, apoptosis and cytoskeletal rearrangement.

(ELMO1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in apoptosis, cell motility/migration and phagocytosis.

(DOCK1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The complement system also stimulates phagocytosis of foreign cells and an inflammatory response.

(Classical Complement Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This protein is involved in phagocytosis, apoptosis and signaling.

(Dedicator of Cytokinesis Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

IgG binding initiates essential effector and regulatory cellular responses against foreign pathogens and soluble antigens that induce phagocytosis of antigen-antibody complexes, removing them from circulation, and modulate B-cell antibody production.

(Fc-Gamma Receptor II, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of host immune responses and phagocytosis.

(FCGR2A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a regulatory role in the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells.

(MFGE8 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A vesicle formed by the fusion of the plasma membrane around large particles during phagocytosis.

(Phagosome, NCI Thesaurus)