Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or caused by phagocytes.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
phagocytes orphagocytosis
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- adjective capable of functioning as a phagocyte
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Examples
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"There can be little doubt that the state of immunity which one attack of certain fevers confers against future attacks depends partly upon what is called the phagocytic action of leucocytes.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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The study specifically demonstrated the "phagocytic respiratory burst of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) and monocytes were enhanced in adults that had been adjusted by chiropractors."
Dr. M.J. Wegmann: 3 Sure-Fire Strategies to Prevent the Swine Flu 2009
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By the time agnathans appear on the scene, over 300 million years of evolution have resulted in phagocytic protolympocytes armed with non-rearranging Ig molecules, a valuable part of the innate immune system, ideally poised to take advantage of a fortuitous insertion of the transposon RAG elements resulting in adaptive immunity.
Stuck on you, biological Velcro and the evolution of adaptive immunity - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Interestingly, one mechanism by which phagocytic cells of the host immune system destroy pathogenic invaders is via release of reactive oxygen species.
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Interestingly, one mechanism by which phagocytic cells of the host immune system destroy pathogenic invaders is via release of reactive oxygen species.
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Ilia I. Mechnikov (18451916) described the action of phagocytic cells in transparent starfish larvae.
1882 2001
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Enhanced phagocytic cell respiratory burst induced by spinal manipulation: Potential role of substance P.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Enhanced phagocytic cell respiratory burst induced by spinal manipulation: Potential role of substance P.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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It is small wonder after so much evidence has been given on the valuable part played by the phagocytes, that research should concentrate on the conditions capable of strengthening phagocytic reaction.
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But the amboceptors are nothing else than phagocytic products excreted in the other fluid surroundings.
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