phagocytosis

The engulfing and ingestion of foreign bodies such as bacteria or other cells by phagocytes or certain protists, such as amoebas.

The destruction of microbes by phagocytes.

The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm.

process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris; an important defense against infection