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🧫 Cannot eat particles 🦠 Not eaten by cells
nonphagocytic

nonphagocytic

1 9.8
Cells that cannot take in and break down tiny particles
  • adjective
  • Specialized
: no fagocítico
  • Unlike white blood cells, red blood cells are nonphagocytic and do not ingest bacteria.

Examples

  • Some bacteria can evade the immune system by hiding inside nonphagocytic cells.

  • The nonphagocytic cells failed to clear the infection.

  • The nonphagocytic cells play a different role in the immune response.

  • Are these bacteria nonphagocytic in nature?

  • Unlike white blood cells, red blood cells are nonphagocytic and do not ingest bacteria.

  • The nonphagocytic cells play a different role in the immune response.

  • Some bacteria can evade the immune system by hiding inside nonphagocytic 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 describes cells that do not 'eat' or take in particles; for example, red blood cells are nonphagocytic because they do not swallow bacteria.