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heterophagy

heterophagy noun: the digestion, within a cell, of material ingested via phagocytosis or pinocytosis.

Noun

heterophagy (uncountable)

  1. The digestion, within a cell, of material ingested via phagocytosis or pinocytosis

Origin of heterophagy

From hetero- + -phagy.

Questions about heterophagy

What does heterophagy mean?
Heterophagy means the digestion, within a cell, of material ingested via phagocytosis or pinocytosis.
What part of speech is heterophagy?
Heterophagy is a noun.

Words near heterophagy in the dictionary

  1. heterophagic
  2. heterophagolysosome
  3. heterophagolysosomes
  4. heterophagosome
  5. heterophagosomes
  6. heterophagy
  7. heterophane
  8. heterophanes
  9. heterophase
  10. heterophasia
  11. heterophemies

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