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adj
Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: phagocytal, phagocytary, phagocytical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
capable of functioning as a phagocyte
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English phagocyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phagocytic From phagocyte + -ic.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
