Medical Definition of Phagocytolysis

1. 1. Destruction of phagocytes, or leukocytes, occurring in the process of blood coagulation or as the result of the introduction of certain antagonistic foreign substances into the body. Synonym: phagolysis. 2. A spontaneous breaking down of the phagocytes, preliminary (according to Metchnikoff) to the liberation of cytase, or complement. Origin: phagocyte + G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phagocytolysis

phagocyte dysfunction
phagocytic
phagocytic
phagocytic dysfunction disorders immunodeficiency
phagocytic dysfunction immunodeficiency
phagocytic index
phagocytic pneumonocyte
phagocytic vesicle
phagocytin
phagocytise
phagocytize
phagocytized
phagocytizes
phagocytizing
phagocytoblast
phagocytolysis (current term)
phagocytolytic
phagocytose
phagocytose
phagocytosed
phagocytoses
phagocytosing
phagocytosis
phagocytosis
phagocytosis view phagocytosis
phagocytotic
phagodynamometer
phagolysis
phagolysosome
phagolytic

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