phagocytosis

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.

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and macropinocytosis

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 macropinocytosis is a form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell.

As nouns the difference between phagocytosis and cytostome

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 cytostome is a cellular organelle found only in certain protozoa; it is specialized for phagocytosis, and usually has the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove.

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 phagocytosed is

engulfed and ingested as a result of phagocytosis.