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phagocyte +‎ -ise

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phagocytise (third-person singular simple present phagocytises, present participle phagocytising, simple past and past participle phagocytised)

  1. (immunology, cytology, British) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.
    Synonym: phagocytose

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