"phagocytize" meaning in English

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        "To ingest (something) by phagocytosis."
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        "(immunology, cytology, US) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis."
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          "word": "phagocytose"
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          "word": "phagocytise"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tūnshì",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "吞噬"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "fagosytoida"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "phagocyter"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "engloutir"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "fagocitare"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fagocitírovatʹ",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "фагоцити́ровать"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "fagocitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
          "word": "fagocytera"
        }
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  "word": "phagocytize"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tūnshì",
      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "吞噬"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "fagosytoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "phagocyter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "engloutir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "fagocitare"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fagocitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "фагоцити́ровать"
    },
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      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "fagocitar"
    },
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      "sense": "destroy by phagosytosis",
      "word": "fagocytera"
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  "word": "phagocytize"
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