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| − | *promastigote: | + | *promastigote: the flagellate stage of a trypanosomatid protozoan, as that of any of the Leishmania parasites. |
:The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | :The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||
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| − | *phagolysome: | + | *phagolysome:a cellular body that is formed by the union of a phagosome or ingested particle with a lysosome that contains hydrolytic enzymes. |
:The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | :The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | ||
:http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/phagolysosome | :http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/phagolysosome | ||
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| + | *macrophage: any of the large, mononuclear, highly phagocytic cells derived from bone marrow cells, promonocytes, the progeny of which, the monocytes, enter the bloodstream, where they stay for a few days before entering the tissues and developing into macrophages. They are components of the monocyte-macrophage system. Macrophages are usually immobile but become actively mobile when stimulated by inflammation, immune cytokines and microbial products. They are an important class of antigen presenting cells (APCs). | ||
| + | :Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved | ||
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Revision as of 18:28, 7 November 2013
The Genome of the Kinetoplastid Parasite, Leishmania major.
- Vocabulary
- promastigote: the flagellate stage of a trypanosomatid protozoan, as that of any of the Leishmania parasites.
- The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
- http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/promastigote
- amastigote: the nonflagellate, intracellular, morphologic stage in the development of certain hemoflagellates, resembling the typical adult form of Leishmania.
- Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. © 2007 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
- http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/amastigote
- phagolysome:a cellular body that is formed by the union of a phagosome or ingested particle with a lysosome that contains hydrolytic enzymes.
- The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
- http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/phagolysosome
- macrophage: any of the large, mononuclear, highly phagocytic cells derived from bone marrow cells, promonocytes, the progeny of which, the monocytes, enter the bloodstream, where they stay for a few days before entering the tissues and developing into macrophages. They are components of the monocyte-macrophage system. Macrophages are usually immobile but become actively mobile when stimulated by inflammation, immune cytokines and microbial products. They are an important class of antigen presenting cells (APCs).
- Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary, 3 ed. © 2007 Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved
- http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/macrophage
