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phagocytose, v. Biol.|fægəˈsaɪtəʊz, -s|
Also -oze.
[Back-formation from phagocytosis.]
trans. To engulf or absorb (a cell or particle) like a phagocyte, so as to isolate or destroy it.
1912R. W. Allen Vaccine Therapy (ed. 4) i. 32 The number of bacteria phagocytozed in a certain number of corpuscles were counted. 1943Papanicolaou & Traut Diagnosis Uterine Cancer by Vaginal Smear iii. 16 Endometrial cells which are being phagocytized by histiocytes. 1973Nature 21 Sept. 50/2 These cells phagocytosed ‘Zymosan’ particles for at least 6 weeks. 1973R. G. Krueger et al. Introd. Microbiol. xxiii. 582/1 The neutrophil..is capable of actively phagocytozing foreign material.
Hence ˈphagocytosed, ˈphagocyˌtosing ppl. adjs.
1912R. W. Allen Vaccine Therapy (ed. 4) i. 42 The phagocytosed bacteria should stain clearly. 1958J. K. Frost in E. & E. R. Novak Gynecol. & Obstetr. Path. (ed. 4) xxxv. 626 (heading) Hypersecretory vacuoles filled with phagocytosing neutrophils. 1970Nature 1 Aug. 511/1 These cells did not contain any phagocytosed particles, such as aluminium phosphate. 1972Science 2 June 1040/1 [They] have reported that phagocytosing leukocytes take up inorganic iodide. |