On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Phagocytosis. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as activity and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Phagocytosis in a sentence
Phagocytosis meaning
A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
Synonyms of Phagocytosis
Using Phagocytosis
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.
- Useful related words include: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity.
- In the example corpus, phagocytosis often appears in combinations such as: phagocytosis cell.
Context around Phagocytosis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phagocytosis
- In this selection, "phagocytosis" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, international, block, uptake, cell, engulfed and cells stand out and add context to how "phagocytosis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are called phagocytosis pseudopodia and drinking and phagocytosis cell eating. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phagocytosis" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phagocytosis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Endocytosis includes pinocytosis (cell drinking) and phagocytosis (cell eating). (9 words)
In phagocytosis, cells engulf large particles such as bacteria. (9 words)
Axopodia are mostly responsible for phagocytosis by rapidly retracting in response to physical contacts. (14 words)
More than forty-five ago, as Western Sahara was on the verge of winning her independence from colonial Spain, Morocco, in an act of international phagocytosis, engulfed her, making her part of Morocco. (33 words)
When combined, FSI-174 sends a positive signal to macrophages to target blood forming stem cells for removal and magrolimab disengages inhibitory signals that block phagocytosis. (26 words)
Phagocytosis ("cell eating") is the process by which bacteria, dead tissue, or other bits of material visible under the microscope are engulfed by cells. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
More than forty-five ago, as Western Sahara was on the verge of winning her independence from colonial Spain, Morocco, in an act of international phagocytosis, engulfed her, making her part of Morocco.
When combined, FSI-174 sends a positive signal to macrophages to target blood forming stem cells for removal and magrolimab disengages inhibitory signals that block phagocytosis.
Axopodia are mostly responsible for phagocytosis by rapidly retracting in response to physical contacts.
Endocytosis includes pinocytosis (cell drinking) and phagocytosis (cell eating).
In phagocytosis, cells engulf large particles such as bacteria.
Phagocytosis ("cell eating") is the process by which bacteria, dead tissue, or other bits of material visible under the microscope are engulfed by cells.
Phosphatidylserine lipids are known to be involved in signaling for the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells and/or pieces of cells.
Pseudopodia are critical in sensing prey that can then be engulfed; the engulfing pseudopodia are called phagocytosis pseudopodia.
Vesicles form naturally during the processes of secretion ( exocytosis ), uptake ( phagocytosis and endocytosis ) and transport of materials within the cytoplasm.
Common combinations with phagocytosis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: