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Phagocytosis

Medical Definition: The engulfing of microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).
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Canadian Medical Guide Definition Autophagocytosis - The segregation and degradation of damaged or unwanted cytoplasmic constituents by autophagic vacuoles (cytolysosomes) composed of lysosomes containing cellular components in the process of digestion; it plays an important role in metamorphosis of amphibians, in the removal of bone by osteoclasts, and in the degradation of normal cell components in nutritional deficiency states.

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