Usually means: Engulf and digest cellular debris.
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  1. phagocytize: Merriam-Webster
  2. phagocytize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. phagocytize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. phagocytize: Collins English Dictionary
  5. phagocytize: Wordnik
  6. phagocytize: Wiktionary
  7. phagocytize: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. phagocytize: Dictionary.com
  9. Phagocytize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. phagocytize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. phagocytize: Encyclopedia

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  1. phagocytize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. phagocytize: Medical dictionary

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▸ verb:  (immunology, cytology, US) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

Similar:
phagocytise, phagocytose, immunocapture, opsonize, immunoconvert, recognize, hyperimmunize, macroagglutinate, immunolabel, immunoreact, more...

Opposite:
exocytose, release, expel

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Similar:
phagocytise, phagocytose, immunocapture, opsonize, immunoconvert, recognize, hyperimmunize, macroagglutinate, immunolabel, immunoreact, more...

Opposite:
exocytose, release, expel



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