Definition of phagocyte
: a cell (such as a macrophage or neutrophil) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (such as microorganisms) and debris (such as dead tissue cells)
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Origin and Etymology of phagocyte
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek phagein + New Latin -cyta -cyte
First Known Use: circa 1884
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Medical Definition of phagocyte
: a cell (as a macrophage or neutrophil) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (as microorganisms) and debris (as dead tissue cells)
phagocyte
Medical Definition of phagocyte
phagocyted
;phagocyting
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