See Also: phagolysosome(medicine)
phagolysosome(dictionary)

phagolysosome (iou)



phagolysosome noun. M20.
[from PHAGO(SOME + LYSOSOME.]
A structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell by the fusion of a phagosome and a lysosome, in which a foreign particle is digested.
phagolyso'somal adjective L20.