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phagocyte |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phagocyte \Phag"o*cyte\, n. [Gr. ? to eat + ? a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phagocyte n : a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
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