"phagocytose" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: phagocytoses [present, singular, third-person], phagocytosing [participle, present], phagocytosed [participle, past], phagocytosed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from phagocytosis. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|phagocytosis}} Back-formation from phagocytosis Head templates: {{en-verb}} phagocytose (third-person singular simple present phagocytoses, present participle phagocytosing, simple past and past participle phagocytosed)
  1. (immunology, cytology) To phagocytize; to ingest by phagocytosis. Categories (topical): Cytology, Immunology

Inflected forms

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