NETosis

English

Alternative forms
  • netosis

Etymology

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

Noun

NETosis (countable and uncountable, plural NEToses)

  1. (biology) 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.

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