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Phagocytosis vs Hemophagocytosis - What's the difference?

phagocytosis | hemophagocytosis |

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and hemophagocytosis

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 hemophagocytosis is (medicine) phagocytosis of blood cells.

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.

    • hemophagocytosis

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hemophagocytosis) (-)
  • (medicine) phagocytosis of blood cells