eryptosis

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noun

phagocytosis of aging erythrocytes, triggered by changes in their plasma membranes, thus removing old and defective cells and continually purging the blood

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Meanings

nouneryptosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyphagocytosis of aging erythrocytes, triggered by changes in their plasma membranes, thus removing old and defective cells and continually purging the blood

    This ability may protect the erythrocytes from the eryptosis elicited by osmotic shock when they move in the kidney, where a large gradient of urea is required for the urine concentrating mechanism.

    2015, Liangsuo Shu, Yingjie Li, Xiaokang, Liu Xin Qian, Suyi Huang, Shiping Jin, Baoxue Yang, “Aquaporin-1 is a Maxwell's Demon in the Body”, in arXiv

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hemocateresis
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