n :  a cell (as a white blood cell) that engulfs and consumes foreign material (as microorganisms) and debris
, vt, -cyt*ed  -cyt*ing  :  PHAGOCYTOSE .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  fix·ate  fu·gac·i·ty 
 
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