phagocyte
A Dictionary of Zoology | Date: 1999
phagocyte A cell (e.g.
macrophages and many
protozoa) that is capable of engulfing material by
phagocytosis. Phagocytes are important in the defence mechanisms of many animals.
© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999.
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