| phagolysosome | A body formed by union of a phagosome or ingested particle with a lysosome having hydrolytic enzymes. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| phagolytic | Relating to phagocytolysis. Synonym: phagolytic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagomania | <psychiatry> Rarely used term for a morbid desire to eat. See: bulimia. Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagophobia | <psychiatry> Morbid fear of eating. Origin: phago-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagosome | <cell biology> A membrane-bound cytoplasmic vesicle that forms around a particle (bacterial or other) by invagination of phagocytised material. It forms within the phagocyte that engulfed it, then separates from the cell membrane, and fuses with and receives the contents of cytoplasmic granules (lysosomes), thus forming a phagolysosome, in which the hydrolytic enzymes of the lysosome digest the phagocytised material. Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. Soma, body (05 Mar 2000) |
| phagotype | <microbiology> A subdivision of a species distinguished from other strains therein by sensitivity to a certain bacteriophage or set of bacteriophages. Origin: phago-+ G. Typos, type (05 Mar 2000) |