PHYTOSES | • phytoses n. Plural of phytosis. • PHYTOSIS n. a disease caused by vegetable parasites. |
EXOCYTOSES | • exocytoses n. Plural of exocytosis. • EXOCYTOSE v. to secrete a substance from within a cell. |
ENDOCYTOSES | • endocytoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endocytose. • ENDOCYTOSIS n. the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface. |
PINOCYTOSES | • pinocytoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pinocytose. • PINOCYTOSIS n. a process by which droplets of liquid are taken into a cell in small vesicles pinched off from the cell membrane. |
ATHROCYTOSES | • ATHROCYTOSIS n. of a cell, having the ability to absorb and store foreign matter. |
LEUCOCYTOSES | • leucocytoses n. Plural of leucocytosis. • LEUCOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of leucocytes in blood. |
LEUKOCYTOSES | • leukocytoses n. Plural of leukocytosis. • LEUKOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
MACROCYTOSES | • macrocytoses n. Plural of macrocytosis. • MACROCYTOSIS n. the occurrence of macrocytes in the blood. |
PHAGOCYTOSES | • phagocytoses n. Plural of phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSIS n. the destruction of harmful elements by phagocytes. |
LYMPHOCYTOSES | • lymphocytoses n. Plural of lymphocytosis. • LYMPHOCYTOSIS n. a great increase in leukocytes. |
SPHEROCYTOSES | • spherocytoses n. Plural of spherocytosis. • SPHEROCYTOSIS n. the presence of spherocytes in the blood, as in certain haemolytic anaemias. |
TRICHOPHYTOSES | • trichophytoses n. Plural of trichophytosis. • TRICHOPHYTOSIS n. ringworm caused by Trichophyton. |
AGRANULOCYTOSES | • agranulocytoses n. Plural of agranulocytosis. • AGRANULOCYTOSIS n. a blood disorder in which there is a marked decrease in granulocytes, with lesions of the mucous membrane and skin. |
DERMATOPHYTOSES | • dermatophytoses n. Plural of dermatophytosis. • DERMATOPHYTOSIS n. a fungal infection of the skin, esp. the feet. |