NETosis

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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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