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Meaning of "phagocyte" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHAGOCYTE

phagocyte  [ˈfæɡəˌsaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHAGOCYTE

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Phagocyte is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PHAGOCYTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

phagocyte

Phagocyte

Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek phagein, "to eat" or "devour", and "-cyte", the suffix in biology denoting "cell", from the Greek kutos, "hollow vessel". They are essential for fighting infections and for subsequent immunity. Phagocytes are important throughout the animal kingdom and are highly developed within vertebrates. One litre of human blood contains about six billion phagocytes. They were first discovered in 1882 by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov while he was studying starfish larvae. Mechnikov was awarded the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery. Phagocytes occur in many species; some amoebae behave like macrophage phagocytes, which suggests that phagocytes appeared early in the evolution of life. Phagocytes of humans and other animals are called "professional" or "non-professional" depending on how effective they are at phagocytosis. The professional phagocytes include many types of white blood cells and dendritic cells.

Definition of phagocyte in the English dictionary

The definition of phagocyte in the dictionary is an amoeboid cell or protozoan that engulfs particles, such as food substances or invading microorganisms.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHAGOCYTE


anorthosite
ænˈɔːθəˌsaɪt
anthracite
ˈænθrəˌsaɪt
cerussite
ˈsɪərəˌsaɪt
chalcocite
ˈkælkəˌsaɪt
ectoparasite
ˌɛktəʊˈpærəˌsaɪt
granulocyte
ˈɡrænjʊləˌsaɪt
hepatocyte
hɪˈpætəˌsaɪt
histiocyte
ˈhɪstɪəˌsaɪt
jarosite
ˈdʒærəˌsaɪt
kamacite
ˈkæməˌsaɪt
leucocyte
ˈluːkəˌsaɪt
leukocyte
ˈluːkəˌsaɪt
marcasite
ˈmɑːkəˌsaɪt
megakaryocyte
ˌmɛɡəˈkærɪəˌsaɪt
oocyte
ˈəʊəˌsaɪt
oversight
ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt
parasite
ˈpærəˌsaɪt
pargasite
ˈpɑːɡəˌsaɪt
reticulocyte
rɪˈtɪkjʊləˌsaɪt
thrombocyte
ˈθrɒmbəˌsaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHAGOCYTE

phaeomelanin
Phaethon
phaeton
phage
phagedaena
phagedaenic
phagedena
phagedenic
phagocytic
phagocytical
phagocytise
phagocytism
phagocytize
phagocytose
phagocytosis
phagocytotic
phagomania
phagomaniac
phagophobia
phagosome

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHAGOCYTE

adipocyte
amoebocyte
astrocyte
athrocyte
auxocyte
B-lymphocyte
erythrocyte
gametocyte
hemocyte
lipocyte
lymphocyte
macrocyte
melanocyte
monocyte
myelocyte
myxocyte
oligodendrocyte
osteocyte
spermatocyte
T-lymphocyte
thymocyte

Synonyms and antonyms of phagocyte in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phagocyte» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHAGOCYTE

Find out the translation of phagocyte to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phagocyte from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phagocyte» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吞噬细胞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fagocitos
570 millions of speakers

English

phagocyte
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भक्षककोशिकीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلعمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фагоцитов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fagócitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রোগবীজাণুনাশক রক্তের শ্বেতকণিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phagocyte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phagocyte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phagozyten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

食細胞
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식세포
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phagocyte
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực bào
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phagocyte
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फागोसीइट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yutar hücre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fagocita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fagocytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фагоцитів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fagocite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαγοκυττάρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phagocyte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fagocyt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phagocyte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phagocyte

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHAGOCYTE»

The term «phagocyte» is regularly used and occupies the 79.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHAGOCYTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phagocyte

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHAGOCYTE»

Discover the use of phagocyte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phagocyte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phagocyte function: a guide for research and clinical evaluation
This authoritative text, featuring individual chapters written by leading researchers and clinicians, is designed to provide both novice and expert with a complete understanding of phagocyte function.
J. Paul Robinson, George F. Babcock, 1998
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Advances in Mononuclear Phagocyte System Research and ...
The editors have built Advances in Mononuclear Phagocyte System Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Macrophages in this book to be deeper than ...
‎2013
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Phagocyte-Pathogen Interactions: Macrophages and the Host ...
Featuring contributions from eminent immunologists, microbial geneticists, and cell and molecular biologists, this single volume brings together a current understanding of how phagocytes recognize and respond to potentially pathogenic ...
David G. Russell, Siamon Gordon, 2009
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Advances in Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction Research and ...
Advances in Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction Research and Treatment / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyPaperT'V' that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction in a compact ...
‎2012
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Dubois' Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the prototype human disease mediated by immune complexes, is characterized by circulating antigen/antibody complexes that may be removed by the mononuclear phagocyte system or deposited in ...
Daniel Jeffrey Wallace, Bevra Hahn, 2007
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Blood: Principles and Practice of Hematology
The phagocyte system consists of bone marrow-derived cells with the common feature of efficient engulfment of particulate material. The development of these cells from the pluripotent and committed stem cells, covered in detail in Chapter 7 , ...
Robert I. Handin, Samuel E. Lux, Thomas P. Stossel, 2003
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Color Atlas of Pathology: Pathologic Principles, Associated ...
Cellular uptake of foreign material is divided into three phases. Recognition phase: The engulfing cell or phagocyte must first recognize the foreign material as such (*. A, B). This requires "detection" proteins such as immunoglobulins (p.
Ursus-Nikolaus Riede, Martin Werner, 2004
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Apoptosis and Autoimmunity: From Mechanisms to Treatments
Location a) Molecule Reference b) Phagocyte lectins 57, 138 Phagocyte avb3 integrin 139 Phagocyte CD36 51 Phagocyte PS receptor 56, 140 Phagocyte asialoglycoprotein receptor 58 Phagocyte CD68 141 Phagocyte scavenger receptor A ...
Joachim R. Kalden, Martin Herrmann, 2006
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Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice
This chapter reviews the major congenital and acquired disorders of phagocyte function, which from the clinical standpoint largely involve neutrophils. As would be predicted, these disorders manifest clinically by recurrent bacterial and fungal  ...
Ronald Hoffman, Edward J. Benz, Jr., Leslie E. Silberstein, 2013
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Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Second, foreign particles are deliberately marked for phagocytic ingestion by being coated with chemical mediators generated by the immune system. Such body-produced chemicals that make bacte- Bacterium Phagocyte Structures are not ...
Lauralee Sherwood, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHAGOCYTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phagocyte is used in the context of the following news items.
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ACIP votes to update general recommendations
... deficiency, interferon alpha deficiency, interferon gamma deficiency and phagocyte function disorders such as Chédiak-Higashi syndrome. «Healio, Jun 15»
2
Editorial: CCR7 is required for leukocyte egression in an …
... IFN-γ, a potent activator of intracellular killing by macrophages, and Th2 secrete IL-4 and IL-13, promoting phagocyte-independent protective responses [4]. «Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Jun 15»
3
Wild-type microglia do not reverse pathology in mouse models of …
A macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor-green fluorescent protein transgene is expressed throughout the mononuclear phagocyte ... «Nature.com, May 15»
4
Cloning, expression, and characterization of a Coxiella burnetii Cu …
... organism from phagocyte derived O2−. To test this hypothesis, the ability of purified, recombinant C. burnetii Cu/ZnSOD to inhibit cytochrome ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
5
Microglia – Part 1, Definitions and Developmental Progression
This system is made up of cells collectively called mononuclear phagocytes, resulting in what is now called the mononuclear phagocyte system ... «Brain Blogger, Apr 15»
6
Cymbals Eat Guitars start eating more asphalt, which is an obstuse …
The Red Krayola's ability to phagocyte younger fans wasn't new, as 1983's Black Snakes shows, with the band welcoming Pere Ubu members ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Apr 15»
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Drag City to reissue Red Krayola albums on vinyl
The Red Krayola's ability to phagocyte younger fans wasn't new, as 1983's Black Snakes shows, with the band welcoming Pere Ubu members ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Apr 15»
8
High-resolution 3D printing for drug delivery
... can rapidly remove colloidal drug delivery particles by activating the complement system and by cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system. «SPIE Newsroom, Mar 15»
9
Arch Biopartners Identifies Candidate Drug to Treat Psuedomonas …
... the mucoid form of P. aeruginosa is a very challenging infection to treat due to its high resistance to both antibiotics and phagocyte-mediated ... «Marketwired, Mar 15»
10
The Office of Dr. U Now Introduces Trichopigmentation As A Scalp …
Once injected, skin pigments will eventually migrate to lower layers. This happens because phagocyte cells of the immune system which engulf ... «PR Web, Mar 15»

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