Cells that ingest microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles.

A cell that performs phagocytosis.

a cell which can eat microbes and other cells or materials. it destroys these once it has engulfed them.

White blood-corpuscle capable of destroying harmful bacteria.

Any cell type (such as a neutrophil or macrophage) able to engulf and digest minute particulate matter.

The process of ingestion and digestion by phagocytes (special white blood cells) of bacteria, dead tissue, or foreign particles.

A type of white blood cell that kills invading cells by ingesting them.

any cell that characteristically engulfs foreign matter.

A white blood cell that ingests microorganisms by endocytosis.

cell that is able to engulf and digest protozoa, bacteria, other cells and cell debris, and other foreign particles

a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

a cell that attracts (by chemotaxis), adheres to, engulfs, and ingests foreign bodies

a cell that has the ability to ingest and destroy particulate substances such as bacteria, protozoa, cells and cell debris, dust particulate and colloids

a cell that ingests (anddestroys) foreign matter, such as microorganisms or debris via a processknown as phagocytosis , in which these cells ingest and kill offending cellsby cellular digestion

a white blood cell that engulfs and consumes foreign materials

A white blood cell capable of ingesting foreign particles and microorganisms. Phagocytes include monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils.

A type of white blood cell that can engulf and destroy foreign organisms, cells and particles. Phagocytes are an important part of the immune system.

a type of white blood cell that engulfs bacterial and fungal invaders and produces a natural bleach to kill them.

A cell that ingests foreign material, debris, microorganisms, and other cells.

A cell that ingests microorganisms, foreign particles, other cells, or dead tissue.

A phagocyte is a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles. Derivative: Phagocytic (adjective). Origin: Late 19th Century, from the Greek phago" meaning "eating." See also leukocyte, cytokine, monocyte and lymphocyte.

Cell in the body which 'eats' damaged cells and foreign substances such as virus and bacteria. A macrophage is a type of phagocyte.

A cell capable of phagocytosis.

General term for a professional phagocytic cell - that is, a cell such as a macrophage or neutrophil that is specialized to take up particles and microorganisms by phagocytosis.

An immune cell that is able to ingest and destroy microbes and other foreign matter.

Any cell that ingests and destroys foreign particles.

a scavenger white blood cell (e.g., neutrophil, basophil, eosinophil, monocyte, macrophage) that engulfs and destroys dead cells, bacteria and other debris. Once the foreign matter is ingested, phagocytes produce toxic chemicals (e.g., hydrogen peroxide) to kill the invader.

collective term for cells that engulf other cells or microorganisms

A cell adapted to ingest and destroy bacteria or other particulate matter.

A cell that can engulf particles such as bacteria, other microorganisms, aged red blood cells, foreign matter, etc.

A type of immune cell that seeks out and destroys foreign microorganisms, viruses, and dead cells; also called macrophage.

Cell that ingests and destroys foreign substances; this process is called phagocytosis.

Host cell that swallows and destroys bacteria or foreign antigen.

white blood cell that ingests bacteria and other foreign molecules

any cell that ingests microorganisms or other cells and foreign particles.

Cell that engulfs another cell, also called phagocytic cell

A cell that is able to ingest and destroy foreign matter, including bacteria.

Any cell that destroys invading micro organisms.

A type of white blood cell that finds, engulfs, and digests pathogens.

The word 'phagocyte' literally means "cell that eats", originating from the Greek words 'phagein', meaning 'eat', and 'kytos', meaning 'hollow'.