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adj. - Capable of functioning as a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms

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  • All means are used to augment the phagocytic reaction to ensure cure and immunity.
  • Ilia I. Mechnikov (1845–1916) described the action of phagocytic cells in transparent starfish larvae.
  • But the amboceptors are nothing else than phagocytic products excreted in the other fluid surroundings.
  • It goes without saying that the phagocytic reaction is helped by every means at the organism's command.
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