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phagocytism

phagocytism noun: the nature or function of a phagocyte.

Noun

phagocytism (uncountable)

  1. The nature or function of a phagocyte.

Origin of phagocytism

From phagocyte + -ism.

Questions about phagocytism

What does phagocytism mean?
Phagocytism means the nature or function of a phagocyte.
What part of speech is phagocytism?
Phagocytism is a noun.

Words near phagocytism in the dictionary

  1. phagocyting
  2. phagocytise
  3. phagocytised
  4. phagocytises
  5. phagocytising
  6. phagocytism
  7. phagocytizable
  8. phagocytize
  9. phagocytized
  10. phagocytizes
  11. phagocytizing

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