Medical Definition of Emperipolesis

1. Active penetration of one cell by another, which remains intact; observed in tissue cultures in which polymorphonuclear leukocytes have entered macrophages and subsequently left. Origin: G. En (em), inside, + peri, around, + poleomai, to wander about (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emperipolesis

emperced
emperces
empercing
emperess
emperesses
emperical
emperice
emperices
emperies
emperil
emperiled
emperiling
emperilled
emperilling
emperils
emperipolesis (current term)
emperise
emperised
emperises
emperish
emperished
emperize
emperized
emperizes
emperor
emperor's new clothes
emperor moth
emperor penguin
emperor penguins

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