PHAGOSOME


Meaning of PHAGOSOME in English

/fag"euh sohm'/ , n.

a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.

[ 1955-60; PHAGO- + -SOME 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .