On account of the possession of this property, Metschnikoff has suggested for these groups of cells the term phagocytes, as expressive of their most distinctive feature, and for the process in general the term phagocytosis.
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Phagocytosis
//ˌfeɪ.ɡəʊ.saɪˈtəʊ.sɪs//
Synonyms for "phagocytosis" (2 found)
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21 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fagocitosi noun (Translations)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 吞噬作用 noun (Translations)
Czech
1 entries- fagocytóza noun (Translations)
Dutch
1 entries- fagocytose noun (Translations)
Finnish
1 entries- fagosytoosi noun (Translations)
French
1 entries- phagocytose noun (Translations)
German
1 entries- Phagozytose noun (Translations)
Hindi
1 entries- कोशिका भक्षण noun (Translations)
Hungarian
1 entries- fagocitózis noun (Translations)
Italian
1 entries- fagocitosi noun (Translations)
Japanese
1 entries- 食作用 noun (Translations)
Kazakh
1 entries- фагоцитоз noun (Translations)
Korean
1 entries- 식균작용 noun (Translations)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- фагоцитоз noun (Translations)
Latin
1 entries- phagocytosis noun (Translations)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hellûşîn noun (Translations)
Polish
1 entries- fagocytoza noun (Translations)
Portuguese
1 entries- fagocitose noun (Translations)
Romanian
1 entries- fagocitoză noun (Translations)
Russian
1 entries- фагоцито́з noun (Translations)
Spanish
1 entries- fagocitosis noun (Translations)
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