ANATOMY
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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Question
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Which term means “cell eating?”
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Pinocytosis
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Phagocytosis
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Leukocyte
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Leukosis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Listen to pronunciation. (FA-goh-sy-TOH-sis) The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1880s Russian-born zoologist and microbiologist Élie Metchnikoff introduced the term phagocyte in reference to immune cells that engulf and destroy foreign bodies such as bacteria.
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