Which of the following process was first discovered by Metchnikoff?

Phagocytosis

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Immunization

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Attenuation

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Phagocytosis
In the 1880s a Russian zoologist and microbiologist Élie Metchnikoff introduced the term phagocyte. Phagocytosis is the process of engulfing invading cells such as bacteria by the body's immune cells called phagocytes. Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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