"phago-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /faɡ.ə(ʊ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fæɡ.oʊ/ [General-American], /fæɡ.ə/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek φᾰγ- (phag-), perfective stem of ἔφᾰγον (éphagon, “I ate, I devoured”), singular first-person aorist active indicative form (by suppletion) of ἐσθῐ́ω (esthíō, “to eat, devour, consume”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|gkm||φᾰγ-}} Byzantine Greek φᾰγ- (phag-), {{m|grc|ἔφᾰγον||I ate, I devoured}} ἔφᾰγον (éphagon, “I ate, I devoured”), {{m|grc|ἐσθῐ́ω||to eat, devour, consume}} ἐσθῐ́ω (esthíō, “to eat, devour, consume”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} phago-, {{en-prefix}} phago-
  1. Eating, feeding, consuming. Tags: morpheme Translations (eating, feeding): fago- (Catalan), fago- (Italian), fago- (Portuguese), fago- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-phago--en-prefix-pCHiWO-C Disambiguation of 'eating, feeding': 96 4
  2. (physiology) Of or pertaining to the phagocyte. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-phago--en-prefix-X-UcmuYj Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: phag- [before-vowel]

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