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phage | phagedena | phagedenic | phagedenical | phagedenous | phagocyte | phagocytic | phagocytosis | phagun | phainopepla | phaius

phagocyte

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Noun
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phag=o=cyte

CIDE DICTIONARY

phagocyten. [Gr. to eat + a hollow vessel.].
     A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phagocyte, n. a type of cell capable of engulfing and absorbing foreign matter, esp. a leucocyte ingesting bacteria in the body.

Derivative
phagocytic adj.
Etymology
Gk phag- eat + -CYTE

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