phagocytize

English

Alternative forms

phagocytise (UK)

Etymology

Verb

phagocytize (third-person singular simple present phagocytizes, present participle phagocytizing, simple past and past participle phagocytized)

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

Translations

destroy by phagosytosis

Chinese:
Mandarin: 吞噬 (zh) (tūnshì)
Finnish: fagosytoida
French: phagocyter (fr), engloutir (fr)
Italian: fagocitare (it)
Russian: фагоцити́ровать (ru) impf or pf (fagocitírovatʹ)
Spanish: fagocitar (es)
Swedish: fagocytera (sv)