phagocytosis

English

Etymology

From German Phagocytosis; equivalent to phagocyte +‎ -osis; compare French phagocytose.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌfeɪɡəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs/

Noun

phagocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural phagocytoses)

(immunology, cytology) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

Derived terms

Terms derived from phagocytosis

Translations

the process by which a cell internalises foreign bodies

Chinese:
Mandarin: 吞噬作用 (zh) (tūnshì zuòyòng)
Czech: fagocytóza (cs) f
Dutch: fagocytose (nl) f
Finnish: fagosytoosi (fi)
French: phagocytose (fr)
German: Phagocytose
Hungarian: fagocitózis

Italian: fagocitosi (it)
Japanese: 食作用 (shosakuyou)
Korean: 식균작용 (sikgyunjagyong)
Latin: phagocytosis
Portuguese: fagocitose f
Russian: фагоцитоз (ru) (fagocitoz)
Spanish: fagocitosis

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