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phagosome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
phago-some
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English phago- Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English phagosome From phago- + -some.

Inflected Forms

phagosomes (plural)

Derived Forms

autolipophagosome autophagosome endophagosome erythrophagosome heterophagosome lysophagosome megaphagosome melanophagosome mitophagosome phagosomal

Frequently Paired Words

phagolysosome

Questions

What does phagosome mean?
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
Where does phagosome come from?
Etymology tree English phago- Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English phagosome From phago- + -some.

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