phagocytize

English

Alternative forms

• phagocytise (UK)

Etymology

From phagocyte +‎ -ize.

Verb

phagocytize (third-person singular simple present phagocytizes, present participle phagocytizing, simple past and past participle phagocytized)

1. (immunology, cytology, US) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

   Synonym: phagocytose

Translations

destroy by phagosytosis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吞噬 (zh) (tūnshì)

• Finnish: fagosytoida
• French: phagocyter (fr), engloutir (fr)
• Italian: fagocitare (it)
• Russian: фагоцити́ровать (ru) impf or pf (fagocitírovatʹ)
• Spanish: fagocitar (es)
• Swedish: fagocytera (sv)