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phagocytize

[ fag-uh-sahy-tahyz, -si-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

phagocytized, phagocytizing.
  1. (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phagocytize1

First recorded in 1920–25; phagocyte + -ize
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Example Sentences

They can be ''activated'' when dysfunction occurs, phagocytize pathological cells or proteins and even produce protective substances.

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