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      phagocytosis
      noun
      process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris
      Roots
      phageinphago- · Greek · eating, devouringkytoscyt- · Greek · hollow vessel, cellosis-osis · Greek · process, condition
      Words related to phagocytosis
      phagocytoticadjphagocyticadjphagocytenphagocytosemacrophagenphagocytizevmacrophagicadjendocytosispinocytosisnendocytoseopsonizationnendocytoticadjreticuloendothelialphagosomeneutrophilnagranulocytepolymorphonuclearautophagyadjpinocytoticadjopsoninncytolysisnendocyticadjmonocytenmonocytoidadjapoptoticadjcytolyticadjpseudopodiagranulocyticadjgranulocytesnmicrophagen

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      The word phagocytosis breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: phago, from Greek phagein (“eating, devouring”); cyt, from Greek kytos (“hollow vessel, cell”); and -osis, from Greek osis (“process, condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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