Author: Glossary
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Phagotype
The classification of bacteria by their sensitivity to phage types. A specialized classification within a species that is identified by its susceptibility to a specific bacteriophage or by a distinct pattern of susceptibility to a group of specified bacteriophages.
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Phagosome
A membrane-bound vacuole inside a phagocyte that contains material waiting to be digested. Digestion is facilitated by the fusion of the vacuole with the lysosome. The phagosome is then called a phagolysosome or a secondary lysosome.
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Phagolysosome
The vacuole formed when the membrane-bound phagosome inside a macrophage fuses with a lysosome.
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Phagodynamometer
A device that measures energy expended in chewing food.
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Spontaneous phagocytosis
Phagocytosis that occurs in the absence of opsonins.
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Induced phagocytosis
Phagocytosis that is stimulated by the presence of opsonins such as antibodies.
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Phagocytolysis
Destruction or disintegration of phagocytes.
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Phagocytoblast
A cell that develops into a phagocyte.
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Phagocytize
To ingest bacteria and foreign particles by phagocytosis.
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Phagedenic
Concerning, or of the nature of, phagedena,