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cytophagy

cytophagy noun: the ingestion of cells by phagocytes.

Noun

cytophagy (uncountable)

  1. The ingestion of cells by phagocytes.

Origin of cytophagy

From cyto- + -phagy.

Questions about cytophagy

What does cytophagy mean?
Cytophagy means the ingestion of cells by phagocytes.
What part of speech is cytophagy?
Cytophagy is a noun.

Words near cytophagy in the dictionary

  1. cytopenias
  2. cytopenic
  3. cytophagic
  4. cytophagocytosis
  5. cytophagous
  6. cytophagy
  7. cytopharmacological
  8. cytopharmacology
  9. cytopharyngeal
  10. cytopharynges
  11. cytopharynx

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