phagocyte
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See also: phagocyté
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- + -cyte.
Noun
phagocyte (plural phagocytes)
- (cytology) 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.
Translations
cell of the immune system
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Etymology 2
Either from the noun or from the French phagocyter.
Verb
phagocyte (third-person singular simple present phagocytes, present participle phagocyting, simple past and past participle phagocyted)
- (transitive) To phagocytize
Derived terms
Translations
phagocytize — see phagocytize
Further reading
- “phagocyte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “phagocyte”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “phagocyte”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (Switzerland): (file) - Homophones: phagocytent, phagocytes
Verb
phagocyte
- inflection of phagocyter: