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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'phagocytosis' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions phagocytosis noun  (context, immunology, cytology) The process where a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm. Translations:  Dutch: fagocytose French: phagocytose German: Phagocytose Italian: fagocitosi (trans-mid) Spanish: fagocitosis (trans-bottom) Etymology: From Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, -, tr=phag-, lang=grc), perfective stem of (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=esthiÅ, , I eat, lang=grc) and (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=kutos, , hollow vessel, body, lang=grc).        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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