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Phagocytosis

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006577

The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006577
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006577",
  "term": "Phagocytosis",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The process by which a phagocyte (a type of white blood cell) surrounds and destroys foreign substances (such as bacteria) and removes dead cells.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/phagocytosis/"
}

Record 13,066 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.