phagosome
[ fag-uh-sohm ]
/ ˈfæg əˌsoʊm /
noun
a vacuole within a phagocyte that contains bacteria or other ingested particles and that becomes fused with a lysosome.
Words nearby phagosome
phagocytolysis,
phagocytose,
phagocytosis,
phagolysosome,
phagomania,
phagosome,
phainopepla,
phaistos,
phakic eye,
phako-,
phakoemulsification
Medical definitions for phagosome
phagosome
[ făg′ə-sōm′ ]
n.
A membrane-bound vesicle formed in a cell by an inward folding of the cell membrane to hold foreign matter taken into the cell by phagocytosis.