Prophagocytic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Promoting phagocytic activity.
"As previously reported, RBCs gradually lose CD47 expression as they age, lose sialic acids from glycoproteins and glycolipids, and reorganize membrane phospholipids in a manner that presumably accumulates prophagocytic signals, leading to their elimination by phagocytosis."
Example
More examples"As previously reported, RBCs gradually lose CD47 expression as they age, lose sialic acids from glycoproteins and glycolipids, and reorganize membrane phospholipids in a manner that presumably accumulates prophagocytic signals, leading to their elimination by phagocytosis."
Etymology
From pro- + phagocytic.
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