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the intake of material into a cell by the formation of a membrane bound sac.
Ãâó: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidemic/glossary.html
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| phagocytosis |
the ability of certain cells, such as macrophages and dendritic cells, to engulf and ingest, and therefore destroy, foreign matter or organisms. Most of the end products of this degradation are used for nutritional purposes within the cell.
Ãâó: www.qimr.edu.au/qimr_glossary.html
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| phagocytosis |
The process whereby particular material is taken up by the cell using endocytosis. Macrophages (in the blood supply) and amoeba are common examples of cells that are phagocytic.
Ãâó: www.jcu.edu.au/fmhms/school/pms/CGC/DictCellBiol.h...
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| phagocytosis |
ingestion and destruction of pathogens, diseased or dead cells and foreign bodies by specialised mobile cells (phagocytes)
Ãâó: www.schuett-abraham.de/glossar-en.htm
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| phagotrophic |
Organisms that feed by ingesting particulate organic carbon or intact cells
Ãâó: silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/LucidKeys/Carolina_K...
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