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phagocytise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phago-cy-tise
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

British usage

Etymology

From phagocyte + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phagocytises (present, singular) phagocytising (participle, present) phagocytised (participle, past) phagocytised (past) phagocytize (alternative)

Synonyms

phagocytose

Questions

What does phagocytise mean?
To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.
Where does phagocytise come from?
From phagocyte + -ise.

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