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.

Anagrams

• Neoists, Ossetin, entosis, noisest, nosiest