Term: neutrophil uropod retraction
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Name: neutrophil
Synonyms: neutrocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophil leukocyte, neutrophilic leucocyte, neutrophilic leukocyte, PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocyte, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, polymorphonuclear neutrophil, polynuclear neutrophilic leucocyte, polynuclear neutrophilic leukocyte
Definition: Any of the immature or mature forms of a granular leukocyte that in its mature form has a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009327]
Name: uropod retraction
Synonyms:
Definition: The process in which a uropod detaches from the cell substrate and retracts the rear of a migrating cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0034461]    QuickGO    AmiGO