Definitions for phagocyte

phagocyte phag·o·cyte

Spelling: [fag-uh-sahyt]
IPA: /ˈfæg əˌsaɪt/

Phagocyte is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 391 anagrams from letters in phagocyte (aceghopty).

Definitions for phagocyte

noun

  1. any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.

Origin of phagocyte

First recorded in 1880-85; phago- + -cyte

Examples for phagocyte

In that article he expounded the phagocyte theory of immunity.

After five minutes the germ let go and the phagocyte slunk away.

The new-born “phagocyte theory” was thus very well received by naturalists and by Virchow, the father of cellular pathology.

Once again the phagocyte theory rose triumphant from the test.

The story of "the oysters and the carpenter" might be replaced by that of "the microbes and the phagocyte."

I believe that, this evening, the phagocyte theory is the richer by many friends.

However, the general impression of the Congress was clearly favourable to the phagocyte theory.

Word Value for phagocyte
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