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      phagocytic
      adjective
      capable of functioning as a phagocyte
      Roots
      phageinphago- · Greek · eating, devouringkytoscyt- · Greek · hollow vessel, cellikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to
      Words related to phagocytic
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