phagocytotic

Variant of phagocytosis

phagocytosis definition

phago·cy·to·sis (fag′ə sī tō′sis)

noun

the ingestion and destruction by phagocytes of cells, microorganisms, foreign particles, etc.

Etymology: ModL: see phagocyte & -osis

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