Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

phagocytic

 
Search unanswered questions...

Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics

Medical Dictionary: phag·o·cyt·ic
Top
Home > Library > Health > Medical Dictionary
(făg'ə-sĭt'ĭk)
adj.
  1. Of or relating to phagocytes.
  2. Of, relating to, or characterized by phagocytosis.
Veterinary Dictionary: phagocytic
Top
Home > Library > Animal Life > Veterinary Dictionary

Emanating from or pertaining to phagocytes.

  • p. deficiency — usually related to a deficiency in opsonization or a failure of intracellular killing.
  • p. system — see reticuloendothelial system.
  • p. vacuole — see phagosome.
WordNet: phagocytic
Top
Home > Library > Literature & Language > WordNet
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: capable of functioning as a phagocyte
  Pertains to noun: phagocyte (meaning #1)

 
 

 

Copyrights:

Genetics Encyclopedia. Genetics. Copyright © 2003 by The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more