phagosome

phagosome
A vesicle that forms around a particle (bacterial or other) within the phagocyte that engulfed it, separates from the cell membrane, and then fuses with and receives the contents of cytoplasmic granules (lysosomes), thus forming a phagolysosome in which digestion of the engulfed particle occurs. [phago- + G. soma, body]

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phago·some 'fag-ə-.sōm n a membrane-bound vesicle that encloses particulate matter taken into the cell by phagocytosis

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phago·some (fagґo-sōm) [phago- + -some] the membrane-bounded vesicle in a phagocyte formed by invagination of the cell membrane and the phagocytized material; called also phagocytotic vesicle. See also phagolysosome.

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