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phagocytize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phago-cy-tize
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

American usage

Etymology

Etymology tree English phagocyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English phagocytize From phagocyte + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phagocytizes (present, singular) phagocytizing (participle, present) phagocytized (participle, past) phagocytized (past) phagocytise (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

phagocytose

Questions

What does phagocytize mean?
To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.
Where does phagocytize come from?
Etymology tree English phagocyte Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English phagocytize From phagocyte + -ize.

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