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🧫 Cannot eat particles 🦠 Not eaten by cells
nonphagocytic

nonphagocytic

9.9
Bacteria and other germs that immune cells cannot eat or break down
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˌfæɡəˈsɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
: no fagocítico
  • Some pathogens are nonphagocytic, allowing them to persist in the body despite immune responses.

Examples

  • The nonphagocytic bacteria survived in the immune system.

  • The bacteria's thick capsule made it nonphagocytic and difficult for immune cells to destroy.

  • Researchers studied how nonphagocytic organisms evade the body's natural defenses.

  • Some cells are nonphagocytic and do not respond to pathogens.

  • Certain bacteria are considered nonphagocytic because they cannot be easily engulfed by the immune system's cells.

  • The research highlighted that some cells are nonphagocytic and therefore do not participate in the process of phagocytosis.

  • In studying immune responses, scientists found that nonphagocytic organisms can evade detection by phagocytic cells.

Antonyms

phagocytic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A cell that can swallow and digest bacteria and small particles

Surface Forms

nonphagocytic positive

Morphology

nonphagocytic = phagocytic (transparent) = non + phagocytic

The prefix 'non-' straightforwardly negates 'phagocytic', yielding 'not capable of phagocytosis'.

Etymology

Nonphagocytic breaks into non- 'not' and phag- 'to eat', so it literally means 'not eaten'; a nonphagocytic bacterium is one that immune 'eating' cells cannot swallow and destroy.