phagocytize, v. Biol.
(fægəˈsaɪtaɪz)
[f. phagocyte v. + -ize.]
trans. = phagocytose v.
| 1925 Physiol. Rev. V. 195 The ink particles so carried into the liver were readily phagocytized by the Kupffer cells of that organ. 1956 Arch. Path. LXI. 165/2 Many of the spores were phagocytized early in the normal rabbit. 1973 R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. xxiii. 582/1 This cell type [sc. the macrophage] is characterized by its large size, ability to migrate, and its ability to phagocytize foreign materials. |
So ˈphagocytized, -izing ppl. adjs., ˈphagocyˌtizable a.
| 1923 Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. XXXIV. 328/1 The Kupffer cells..were filled with phagocytized ink particles. 1924 Physiol. Rev. IV. 559 No evidence..of the true endothelium of the blood- and lymph-vessels and the heart..producing wandering, phagocytizing cells in inflammation. 1948 Biol. Skrift. K. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab IV. vii. 82 In histological sections from animals which have received injections of phagocytizable material, such as India ink, some of the sinusoid lining cells contain ink and some do not. |