English
NETosis
From NET (“neutrophil extracellular trap”) + -osis.
Formed from NET ‘neutrophil extracellular trap’ + -osis
Proto-Germanic *natją ‘net’
Proto-West Germanic *nati ‘net’
Old English net
Middle English net
English NET
Today it means
noun 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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