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Phagocytosis vs Autophagy - What's the difference?

phagocytosis | autophagy |

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and autophagy

is that phagocytosis is (immunology|cytology) the process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm while autophagy is (biology) the process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.

phagocytosis

English

(wikipedia phagocytosis)

Noun

  • (immunology, cytology) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

    • autophagy

    English

    (wikipedia autophagy)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
  • (biology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion
  • (rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.

    • Synonyms

    * (self-consumption) autocannibalism

    Coordinate terms

    * (programmed cell death) apoptosis