Medical Dictionary
phagolysosome
noun phago·ly·so·some \ˌfag-ə-ˈlī-sə-sōm\
Medical Definition of PHAGOLYSOSOME
: a digestive vesicle formed within a cell by the fusion of a phagosome containing ingested material and a lysosome containing hydrolytic enzymes
—phago·ly·so·som·al \-ˌlī-sə-ˈsō-məl\ adjective
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