"phagocytosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌfeɪ.ɡəʊ.saɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfeɪ.ɡoʊ.saɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-phagocytosis.ogg [US] Forms: phagocytoses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊsɪs Etymology: From German Phagocytosis; equivalent to phagocyte + -osis; compare French phagocytose. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Phagocytosis}} German Phagocytosis, {{suffix|en|phagocyte|osis}} phagocyte + -osis, {{cog|fr|phagocytose}} French phagocytose Head templates: {{en-noun|~|phagocytoses}} phagocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural phagocytoses)
  1. (immunology, cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a cell incorporates a particle by extending pseudopodia and drawing the particle into a vacuole of its cytoplasm. Wikipedia link: phagocytosis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cytology, Immunology Translations (Translations): fagocitosi [feminine] (Catalan), 吞噬作用 (tūnshì zuòyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), fagocytóza [feminine] (Czech), fagocytose [feminine] (Dutch), fagosytoosi (Finnish), phagocytose [feminine] (French), Phagozytose [feminine] (German), कोशिका भक्षण (kośikā bhakṣaṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), fagocitózis (Hungarian), fagocitosi [feminine] (Italian), 食作用 (shosakuyou) (Japanese), фагоцитоз (fagositoz) (Kazakh), 식균작용 (sikgyunjagyong) (alt: 噬菌作用) (Korean), фагоцитоз (fagotsitoz) (Kyrgyz), phagocytosis [feminine] (Latin), hellûşîn (Northern Kurdish), fagocytoza [feminine] (Polish), fagocitose [feminine] (Portuguese), fagocitoză [feminine] (Romanian), фагоцито́з (fagocitóz) [masculine] (Russian), fagocitosis [feminine] (Spanish)

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