English Explanatory Dictionary

NETosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A death process for neutrophil cells, whereby the neutrophils expel their chromatin to form a neutrophil extracellular trap (“NET”), a net-like structure to capture invader chemicals and bodies, and cause clotting to block off a region of the body.

Word forms

NETosis NEToses

Etymology

From NET (“neutrophil extracellular trap”) + -osis.

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