Category: P

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.  

The vacuole formed when the membrane-bound phagosome inside a macrophage fuses with a lysosome.  

A device that measures energy expended in chewing food.  

Destruction or disintegration of phagocytes.  

A cell that develops into a phagocyte.  

To ingest bacteria and foreign particles by phagocytosis.  

Concerning, or of the nature of, phagedena,  

Tissue infection with fungi that have darkly pigmented hyphae.  

The love and attraction between a stepparent and a stepchild; so named because of Phaedra’s tragic love for the son (Hippolytus) of her husband by a previous marriage.  

The toxic effect of the lens of the eye.