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phagolysis

phagolysis noun: the destruction of phagocytes.

Noun

phagolysis (uncountable)

  1. The destruction of phagocytes

Origin of phagolysis

From phago- + -lysis.

Questions about phagolysis

What does phagolysis mean?
Phagolysis means the destruction of phagocytes.
What part of speech is phagolysis?
Phagolysis is a noun.

Words near phagolysis in the dictionary

  1. phagodynamometers
  2. phagokinesis
  3. phagokinetic
  4. phagology
  5. phagolyososome
  6. phagolysis
  7. phagolysosomal
  8. phagolysosome
  9. phagolysosomes
  10. phagolytic
  11. phagomania

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