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phagocytize

American  
[fag-uh-sahy-tahyz, -si-tahyz] / ˈfæg əˌsaɪ taɪz, -sɪˌtaɪz /
especially British, phagocytise

verb (used with object)

phagocytized, phagocytizing

  1. (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).

Etymology

Origin of phagocytize

First recorded in 1920–25; phagocyte + -ize

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