phagocyte
verbEtymology Either from the noun or from the French phagocyter.
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To phagocytize
- Derived terms
- phagocytation
phagocyte
noun/ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
Etymology From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte.
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Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.
- Derived terms
- haemophagocyte, hemophagocyte, interphagocyte, intraphagocyte, macrophagocyte, microphagocyte, phagocytal, phagocytary, phagocytic, phagocytical, phagocytise, phagocytism, phagocytosis