Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phagocytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: phago-cyt-ic
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.

Etymology

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.

Derived Forms

antiphagocytic autophagocytic endophagocytic erythrophagocytic intraphagocytic macrophagocytic nonphagocytic opsonophagocytic periphagocytic phagocytically postphagocytic prophagocytic

Synonyms

phagocytal phagocytary phagocytical

Questions

What does phagocytic mean?: Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.
Where does phagocytic come from?: 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.

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