fagócito
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Phagocyt (“phagocyte”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “eat”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”). By surface analysis, fago- + -cito.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔsitu
- Hyphenation: fa‧gó‧ci‧to
Noun
editfagócito m (plural fagócitos)
- (cytology) phagocyte (cell of the immune system)
- Hypernyms: célula branca, leucócito
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “fagócito” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “fagócito” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “fagócito” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “fagócito” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “fagócito” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from German
- Portuguese terms derived from German
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese terms prefixed with fago-
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -cito
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔsitu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔsitu/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Cytology
- pt:Immunology