Medical Dictionary

heterophagosome

noun het·ero·phago·some \ˌhet-ə-rō-ˈfag-ə-ˌsōm\

Medical Definition of HETEROPHAGOSOME

:  a cell vacuole formed in the cytoplasm by phagocytosis or pinocytosis

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