fagocitosis

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, fagocito +‎ -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faɡoθiˈtosis/ [fa.ɣ̞o.θiˈt̪o.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /faɡosiˈtosis/ [fa.ɣ̞o.siˈt̪o.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: fa‧go‧ci‧to‧sis

Noun

fagocitosis f (plural fagocitosis)

1. (cytology) phagocytosis

Further reading

• “fagocitosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28