phagocytes
Meaning of phagocytes
plural noun
a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
late 19th century: from Greek phago- ‘eating’ (from the verb phagein ) + -cyte.
Information about phagocytes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of phagocytes is: phagocyte.
- Languages in which phagocytes is used:
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Hyphenation of phagocytes
phago-cytes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- phagocytes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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