Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

fagocitar

English translation:

phagocytise

Added to glossary by mónica alfonso
Dec 11, 2001 15:17
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

fagocitar

Spanish to English Medical
can phagocyte be used as a verb?

demostraron que el producto fabricaba los anticuerpos necesarios para fagocitar las placas neuríticas de proteína amiloide o zonas lesionadas por el Alzheimer

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phagocytose/phagocytize

"phagocyte" is not a verb, not when used correctly. the correct verb forms are phagocytize or phagocytose, depending on your preference, but not simply phagocyte. granted it has been used that way, but not commonly, and not correctly.

from the link below: "TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: phag·o·cy·tized, phag·o·cy·tiz·ing, phag·o·cy·tiz·es
To ingest by phagocytosis; phagocytose. "
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Royal, I had already decided to use this term, as I found MUCH more hits than for phagocyte as a verb. "
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to absorb

Collins dictionary.

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phagocyte

Yes
Example:

These results suggest that DEP could 1) be phagocyted by airway epithelial cells and 2) induce a specific inflammatory response. ...
www.uth.tmc.edu/apstracts/1999/lung/January/19L.html

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agree Robert INGLEDEW
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apparently, yes...

... harsh though it sounds to the civilized ear:

"... IgM and IgG enables macrophages and neutrophils to phagocyte pathogens and then neutralize them more successfully (phagocytosis)..."

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To opsonize

If you are refering as the subject being a cell like a macrophage, then 'to phagocytize' is the right term. But if you are refering as the subject being antibodies that help a certain target to be taken-up or phagocytized, then 'opsonize' is the right term. Opsonize comes from the Greek meaning to 'help eat', and the field of immunology, opsonins are molecules that help certain cells like macrophages to identify their targets like bacteria. Opsonins are generally antibodies and molecules of the Complement cascade, that not only cause some damage to the target (perforins) but also elicit an imflammatory response (chemokines).
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