"phagocytosis" meaning in English

See phagocytosis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌfeɪ.ɡəʊ.saɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌfeɪ.ɡoʊ.saɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-phagocytosis.ogg 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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      "roman": "fagotsitoz",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "фагоцитоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "phagocytosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fagocytoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fagocitose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fagocitoză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fagocitóz",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фагоцито́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fagocitosis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phagocytosis"
}

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