phagocyte

See also: phagocyté

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪɡəsaɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

From the German Phagocyt, modified on the pattern of -cyte; phago- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

phagocyte (plural phagocytes)

1. (cytology) A cell of the immune system, such as a neutrophil, macrophage or dendritic cell, that engulfs and destroys viruses, bacteria and waste materials, or in the case of mature dendritic cells; displays antigens from invading pathogens to cells of the lymphoid lineage.

Translations

cell of the immune system

• Catalan: fagòcit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吞噬細胞 / 吞噬细胞 (zh) (tūnshì xìbāo)

• Czech: fagocyt m
• Dutch: fagocyt (nl) m
• Finnish: syöjäsolu, fagosyytti (fi)
• French: phagocyte (fr) m
• Galician: fagocito (gl) m
• Georgian: ფაგოციტი (ka) (pagociṭi)
• German: Phagozyt (de) m
• Italian: fagocita (it)
• Japanese: 食細胞 (shokusaibō)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hellûşêner, xaneya hellûşêner f

• Portuguese: fagócito (pt) m
• Romanian: fagocit (ro) n
• Russian: фагоци́т (ru) m (fagocít)
• Spanish: fagocito (es) m
• Swedish: fagocyt (sv) c

Etymology 2

Either from the noun or from the French phagocyter.

Verb

phagocyte (third-person singular simple present phagocytes, present participle phagocyting, simple past and past participle phagocyted)

1. (transitive) To phagocytize

Derived terms

• phagocytation

Translations

phagocytize — see phagocytize

Further reading

• “phagocyte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “phagocyte”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “phagocyte”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Switzerland):

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• Homophones: phagocytent, phagocytes

Verb

phagocyte

1. inflection of phagocyter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative