engulfment


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en·gulf

 (ĕn-gŭlf′)
tr.v. en·gulfed, en·gulf·ing, en·gulfs
To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing: The spring tide engulfed the beach houses.

en·gulf′ment n.
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To detect the immunomodulatory effect of Nabumetone on cellular body resistance, macrophage engulfment, delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH), nitric oxide determination and cyclophosphamide induced neutropenia tests were performed.
How to respond to maleness attempting engulfment, especially from the sidelines?
Engulfment of hematopoietic stem cells caused by down-regulation of CD47 is critical in the pathogenesis of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Engulfment of hematopoietic stem cells caused by down-regulation of CD47 is critical in the pathogenesis of hemo.
Moreover, vitamin C accumulates in leukocytes and promotes phagocytosis (engulfment of microbes) and generation of reactive oxygen species to kill pathogens.
Six subdivisions of Thatta, which were previously considered extremely prosperous due to extensive agriculture, are now amongst the poorest parts of the country due to the engulfment by the sea.
In the past 50 years, more than 900 cases of grain engulfment have been reported with a fatality rate of 62%, according to researchers at Purdue University.
The following loss of the balance between fibrinolysis and coagulation might finally contribute to vessel engulfment with fibrin and breakdown of vessel patency, symptomatic of a tendency to the development of thrombotic complications in this particular autoimmune disorder.4 D-dimer is the heterogeneous class of end stage degradation products that directly reflect the level of lysed cross-linked fibrin, occurring in vivo with a wide range of molecular weights.
As is often the case in Woolf's work, however, floating too far adrift from the connective fabric of the social body is also figured as risking engulfment in the utterly subjective, or the universalizing fluidity of time and space.
Hemophagocytosis is the engulfment of hematopoietic cells by activated macrophages in tissue specimens.