phagolysis Med.
(fæˈgɒlɪsɪs)
[mod.L., ad. F. phagolyse (E. Metchnikoff 1895, in Ann. de l'Inst. Pasteur IX. 441), f. phagocyte phagocyte: see -lysis.]
a. Lysis of phagocytes. b. Lysis by phagocytes.
| 1898 W. S. L. Barlow Man. Gen. Path. ix. 403 Attack directed from the German schools and advancing knowledge have obliged Metchnikoff to assume that under certain circumstances the phagocytes become dissolved (phagolysis) in the body fluids. Ibid., The phagocytes, chiefly by phagocytosis, but partly by phagolysis, are responsible for immunity, natural and acquired. 1905 F. G. Binnie tr. Metchnikoff's Immunity in Infective Dis. x. 534 Phagolysis (so I termed this transitory damage to the phagocytes) is indispensable for the manifestation of Pfeiffer's phenomenon in the peritoneal fluid. 1963 Antibiotiki VIII. 465 (heading) Effect of Levomycetin..on phagolysis of Flexner dysentery bacteria resistant to this antibiotic. |