† phagocytismn.
Obsolete. rare.
= phagocytosis n.
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phagocytism1888
phagocytosis1890
phagocytability1915
viropexis1948
1888 Nature 24 May 91/2 He considers that ‘phagocitism’—that is, the intracellular digestive process—is a function which attests in the morphology of the Metazoi, or pluricellular organisms, their descent from the Protozoi.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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