phagocytize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of phagocytize
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They can be ''activated'' when dysfunction occurs, phagocytize pathological cells or proteins and even produce protective substances.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
Other host cells will join to phagocytize the foreign cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The complement system contains macrophages that phagocytize foreign pathogens.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
They can move to the site of an infection and phagocytize the pathogen.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Macrophages are monocytes that have left the circulation and phagocytize debris, foreign pathogens, worn-out erythrocytes, and many other dead, worn out, or damaged cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Particles that are larger than the ostia may be phagocytized by pinacocytes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Platelets remain only about 10 days, then are phagocytized by macrophages.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Hemoglobin that is not phagocytized is broken down in the circulation, releasing alpha and beta chains that are removed from circulation by the kidneys.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Worn-out erythrocytes are phagocytized by macrophages and their hemoglobin is broken down.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Figure 3.12 A macrophage has phagocytized a potentially pathogenic bacterium into a vesicle, which then fuses with a lysosome within the cell so that the pathogen can be destroyed.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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