Usually means: Engulfing and digesting foreign particles.
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  1. phagocytic: Merriam-Webster
  2. phagocytic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phagocytic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. phagocytic: Vocabulary.com
  5. phagocytic: Wordnik
  6. phagocytic: Wiktionary
  7. phagocytic: Dictionary.com
  8. Phagocytic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. phagocytic: Rhymezone
  10. phagocytic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. phagocytic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. phagocytic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phagocytic: Encyclopedia

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  1. phagocytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. phagocytic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis.

Similar:
phagocytotic, phagocytary, phagolysosomal, phagosomal, hemophagocytic, phagolytic, macrophagic, macrophagocytic, autophagic, haemophagocytic, more...

Types:
macrophage, neutrophil, dendritic cell, eosinophil, basophil, more...

Phrases:
phagocytic cells, phagocytic system, phagocytic vacuole, phagocytic index, phagocytic dysfunction disorders, more...

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Similar:
phagocytotic, phagocytary, phagolysosomal, phagosomal, hemophagocytic, phagolytic, macrophagic, macrophagocytic, autophagic, haemophagocytic, more...

Types:
macrophage, neutrophil, dendritic cell, eosinophil, basophil, more...

Phrases:
phagocytic cells, phagocytic system, phagocytic vacuole, phagocytic index, phagocytic dysfunction disorders, mononuclear phagocytic system, phagocytic pneumonocyte, the chief phagocytic leukocyte, more...

Colors:
    olive,     khaki,     sage,     forest green,     army green, more...



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