prophagocytic

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adjective

Promoting phagocytic activity.

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Meanings

adjectiveprophagocytic (comparative more prophagocytic, superlative most prophagocytic)

comparative more prophagocytic · superlative most prophagocytic

  1. Promoting phagocytic activity.

    As previously reported, RBCs gradually lose CD47 expression as they age, lose sialic acids from glycoproteins and glycolipids, and reorganize membrane phospholipids in a manner that presumably accumulates prophagocytic signals, leading to their elimination by phagocytosis.

    2015 September 22, “Pre-Clinical Development of a Humanized Anti-CD47 Antibody with Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Potential”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + phagocytic.

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APA

prophagocytic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophagocytic

MLA

“prophagocytic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophagocytic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prophagocytic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophagocytic.

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