Phagocyte

[fægәusait]

Definition

(noun.) a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms.

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Definition

(n.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.

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Definition

n. a white or colourless blood-corpuscle—also called leucocyte—an active amœboid cell which engulfs both nutritive and harmful particles.—adjs. Phagocyt′ic -al.—ns. Phag′ocytism the nature or function of a phagocyte; Phagocytō′sis the destruction of microbes by phagocytes.

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