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Phagocyte - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Phagocytes are certain types of white blood cells (leukocytes) that are unique in their ability to bind and engulf large particles such as bacteria, fungi, and parasites . The term phagocyte means “cells that can eat”, and the two main types of phagocytes are macrophages and neutrophils.
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Phagocyte - Wikipedia
Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek phagein, " ...
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Phagocyte | Definition, Function, Examples, & Facts - Britannica
Phagocyte, type of cell that has the ability to ingest, and sometimes digest, foreign particles, such as bacteria, carbon, dust, or dye.
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phagocyte
▪ I. phagocyte, n. Physiol. (ˈfægəsaɪt) [mod. f. (Metschnikoff) Gr. ϕαγο- eating, devouring + -cyte.] A leucocyte (white blood-corpuscle or lymph-corpuscle) which, under certain conditions, has the power of absorbing and destroying pathogenic microbes by a process of intracellular digestion, and thu...
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Phagocytes: Functions and Importance - Patient Power
Phagocytes, also known as phagocytic cells, circulate through the body, looking for and destroying foreign substances that may harm it.
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What is the difference Between a Phagocyte, Macrophage ...
Macrophage is a type of white blood cell which is a phagocyte. They are scavengers which constantly move around to remove dead cells and foreign bodies such as ...
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PHAGOCYTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
a cell (such as a macrophage or neutrophil) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (such as microorganisms) and debris (such as dead tissue cells)
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Molecular Determinants in Phagocyte-Bacteria Interactions - PubMed
Neutrophils and mononuclear phagocytes share the capacity to engulf, kill, and digest microbial invaders.
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Phagocytosis: A Fundamental Process in Immunity - PMC
Phagocytosis is an elegant but complex process for the ingestion and elimination of pathogens, but it is also important for the elimination of apoptotic cells.
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phagocyte - Canadian Cancer Society
A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills bacteria or micro-organisms, eats foreign material, removes old or damaged cells and helps to boost the ...
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phagocyte
phagocyte/ˈfægəsaɪt; `fæɡəˌsaɪt/ ntype of white blood cell capable of protecting the body against infection because it absorbs bacteria (吞)噬细胞.
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Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction refers to a class of medical conditions where phagocytes have a diminished ability to fight bacterial infection. include:
Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome
Chédiak–Higashi syndrome
Chronic granulomatous disease
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Congenital defects of phagocyte
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Mononuclear phagocyte system
Cell types and locations
The spleen is the second largest unit of the mononuclear phagocyte system. The mononuclear phagocyte system is part of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity.
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phagocytable
phagocytable, a. Biol. (ˈfægəsaɪtəb(ə)l) [f. phagocyte v. + -able.] Susceptible to phagocytosis. Hence ˌphagocytaˈbility.1911 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 11 Nov. 1579/2 Pneumonic leukocytes would take up more easily phagocytable pneumococci than normal leukocytes. 1915 Thomas & Ivy Appl. Immunol. i. 15 ...
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phagolysis
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 kno...
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