Phagocyte

Definition: Phagocyte

Phagocyte

Noun

1. A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms.

Etymology: Phagocyte \Phag"o*cyte\, noun. [Greek expression to eat hollow vessel.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Phagocyte

Domain	Definitions
Health	An immune system cell that can surround and kill microorganisms and remove dead cells. Phagocytes include macrophages. (references)
Medicine	Phagocyte:a cell that is able to ingest, and often to digest, large particles such as effete blood cells, bacteria, protozoa and dead tissue cells. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Phagocyte

Synonym: scavenger cell (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Phagocyte

English words defined with "phagocyte": fixed phagocyte, free phagocyte ♦ macrophage, mononuclear phagocyte system ♦ phagocytic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "phagocyte": Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ♦ Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ♦ NADPH Oxidase. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Phagocyte" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (phagocyte).

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Commercial Usage: Phagocyte

Domain	Title
Books	Biological and Clinical Aspects of Phagocyte Function: International Congress, Pavia, Italy, September 1986 (Hematology Reviews and Communications Series) (reference) Mononuclear Phagocyte Biology (Immunology Series, Vol. 26) (reference) Phagocyte Function: A Guide for Research and Clinical Evaluation (Cytometric Cellular Analysis) (reference) Phagocyte Production and Function Following Burn Injury (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Phagocyte

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		If the T cells are present in normal numbers and function normally, phagocyte function should be evaluated. (references)
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Expressions: Phagocyte

Expressions using "phagocyte": fixed phagocyte ♦ free phagocyte ♦ mononuclear phagocyte system ♦ Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Phagocyte

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
phagocyte	7
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Modern Translations: Phagocyte

Language		Translations for "phagocyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏البلعم خلية تبتلع الأجسام الغريبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		фагоцит. (various references)

Danish		mononukleær fagocyt (mononuclear phagocyte). (various references)

Dutch		mononucleaire fagocyt (mononuclear phagocyte). (various references)

Finnish		mononukleaarinen fagosyytti (mononuclear phagocyte). (various references)

French		phagocyte. (various references)

German		Phagozyt (carrier cell, scavenger cell), Metschnikow Zelle (carrier cell, scavenger cell). (various references)

Greek		φαγοκύτταρο. (various references)

Hebrew		תא בלען. (various references)

Hungarian		falósejt. (various references)

Italian		fagocita. (various references)

Pig Latin		agocytephay

Portuguese		carruagem leve. (various references)

Romanian		fagocit. (various references)

Russian		фагоцит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		fagocit. (various references)

Spanish		fagocito (carrier cell, scavenger cell). (various references)

Swedish		fagocyt. (various references)

Turkish		yutar hücre, bakterileri yiyen lökosit. (various references)

Ukranian		фагоцит. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Phagocyte

Derivations
	Words beginning with "phagocyte": phagocytes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Phagocyte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fagocyte, phacocele. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Phagocyte"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "phagocyte" (pronounced fa"gusī't)
4	-u s ī' t	andesite, anthracite, leukocyte, lymphocyte, magnesite, parasite, plebiscite.
3	-s ī' t	calcite, eyesight, foresight, granulocyte, hindsight, insight, oversight, website.
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Anagrams: Phagocyte

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-h-o-p-t-y"
	-2 letters: chayote, hypogea.
	-3 letters: capote, cheapo, cotype, hepcat, patchy, peachy, poachy, potage, teapoy, toecap.
	-4 letters: atopy, cagey, chape, chapt, cheap, cheat, coapt, epact, epoch, hoagy, patch, peach, peaty, phage, poach, pogey, tache, teach, techy, tepoy, theca, togae, tophe, yacht.
	-5 letters: ache, achy, ahoy, atop, cage, cagy, cape, caph, capo, cate, chao, chap, chat, chay, chop.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-h-o-p-t-y"
	+1 letter: phagocytes.
	+2 letters: phagocytize, phagocytose.
	+3 letters: gametophytic, phagocytized, phagocytizes, phagocytosed, phagocytoses.
	+4 letters: bacteriophagy, copyrightable, cryptographer, hypothecating, mycetophagous, pathogenicity, spectrography.
	+5 letters: cinematography, cryptographers, cryptographies, cytopathogenic, dermatoglyphic, metapsychology, photogenically.
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