phagocytosis

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.

As a noun 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.

As an adjective phytophagous is

(zoology) feeding on plants, herbivorous.

As nouns the difference between macrophages and phagocytosis

is that macrophages is plural of macrophage while phagocytosis is the process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

As nouns the difference between opsonisation and phagocytosis

is that opsonisation is alternative form of lang=en while phagocytosis is the process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

As nouns the difference between phagocytoses and phagocytosis

is that phagocytoses is while 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.

As nouns the difference between viropexis and phagocytosis

is that viropexis is the process whereby certain viruses become attached to a cell wall and are incorporated into the cell by phagocytosis while phagocytosis is the process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and bacteriotropin

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 bacteriotropin is an antibody that makes a specific bacterium more susceptible to phagocytosis.

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and heterophagy

is that phagocytosis is the process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm while heterophagy is the digestion, within a cell, of material ingested via phagocytosis or pinocytosis.