Definition of Phagocytic

1. Adjective. Capable of functioning as a phagocyte.

Partainyms: Phagocyte
Derivative terms: Phagocyte

Definition of Phagocytic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phagocytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Phagocytic

1. Pertaining to or produced by phagocytes. Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phagocytic

phagedenas
phagedenic
phagedenic gingivitis
phagedenic ulcer
phagedenical
phagedenous
phagemid
phages
phagic
phago-
phagocyte
phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction
phagocyte dysfunction
phagocyted
phagocytes
phagocytic (current term)
phagocytic dysfunction disorders immunodeficiency
phagocytic dysfunction immunodeficiency
phagocytic index
phagocytic pneumonocyte
phagocytic vesicle
phagocytin
phagocyting
phagocytise
phagocytised
phagocytises
phagocytising
phagocytize
phagocytized
phagocytizes

Literary usage of Phagocytic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The recent review of an article by van Nuys, in the Ho.tton Medical and Surgical Journal, on the presence, of atypical phagocytic cells in the blood, ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The phagocytic organs.—The term phagocyte is commonly applied to any leucocyte or white blood corpuscle that shows special activity in ingesting and ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1906)
"THE ENZYMES IN phagocytic CELLS OF INFLAMMATORY EXUDATES. BY EUGENE L. OPIE, MD (From the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York. ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1907)
"The average number of bacteria found in the phagocytes gives the phagocytic index. The phagocytic index of the blood to be tested, divided by the Fio. 1 в. ..."

5. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1908)
"I phagocytic index .4. 2 phagocytic index .o. Experiment VII. ... 2 phagocytic index .3. 3 phagocytic index .o. From the foregoing seven experiments it ..."

6. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1906)
"The coarsely granular polynuclear cell was also notably phagocytic after two hours ... In these last two cases the phagocytic activity of both classes of ..."

7. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"RES phagocytic function and susceptibility to hemorrhagic shock were ... phagocytic index was severely depressed 30 min following the iv injection of whole ..."

8. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1900)
"Connective tissue between the tubules there were many phagocytic cells and some ... T» the'cortex the areas consisted almost entirely of phagocytic ..."

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