phago·ly·so·some | \ ˌfag-ə-ˈlī-sə-sōm 
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\Medical Definition of phagolysosome
: a digestive vesicle formed within a cell by the fusion of a phagosome containing ingested material and a lysosome containing hydrolytic enzymes
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phagolysosomal \ -ˌlī-sə-ˈsō-məl \ adjective
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