fagocito

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See also: fagocitó, fagócito, and fagocitò

Galician

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Noun

fagocito m (plural fagocitos)

  1. (biology) phagocyte

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From fago- +‎ -cito.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.ɡoˈt͡ʃi.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: fa‧go‧cì‧to

Noun

fagocito m (plural fagociti)

  1. (biology) phagocyte

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɡɔ.t͡ʃi.to/, (traditional) /fa.ɡoˈt͡ʃi.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃito, (traditional) -ito
  • Hyphenation: fa‧gò‧ci‧to, (traditional) fa‧go‧cì‧to

Verb

fagocito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitare

References

  1. ^ fagocito in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • fagocito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fagocìto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • fagocito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • fagocito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Verb

fagocito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /faɡoˈθito/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /faɡoˈsito/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: fa‧go‧ci‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Phagocyt. By surface analysis, fago- +‎ -cito.

Noun

fagocito m (plural fagocitos)

  1. phagocyte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fagocito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitar

Further reading