Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

cytophagy

American

[sahy-tof-uh-jee] / saɪˈtɒf ə dʒi /

noun

the ingestion of cells by other cells.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

Etymology

Origin of cytophagy

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.