phagocytic
- a word derived from phagocyte.
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For example, the capsule found in some species enables the organism to attach to surfaces, protects it from dehydration and attack by phagocytic cells, and makes pathogens more resistant to our immune responses.
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A macrophage is a large phagocytic cell that engulfs foreign particles and pathogens.
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Some of the glial cells are phagocytic and remove debris or damaged cells from the tissue.
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When a bacterium is destroyed by phagocytic leukocytes, chemicals called endogenous pyrogens are released into the blood.
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Leukocytes become more actively phagocytic, release lysosomal enzymes, turn sticky, and aggregate together in dense masses, occluding capillaries and shutting off the blood supply.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
