Medical Definition of Phagocytic vesicle
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| Membrane bounded vesicle enclosing a particle internalised by a phagocyte. The primary phagocytic vesicle phagosome) will subsequently fuse with lysosomes to form a secondary phagosome in which digestion will occur.
Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phagocytic Vesicle
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