fagocito

See also: fagocitó, fagócito, and fagocitò

Italian

Etymology 1

From fago- +‎ -cito.

Alternative forms

• fagocita (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.ɡoˈt͡ʃi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: fa‧go‧cì‧to

Noun

fagocito m (plural fagociti)

1. (biology) phagocyte

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɡɔ.t͡ʃi.to/, (traditional) /fa.ɡoˈt͡ʃi.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtʃito, (traditional) -ito
• Hyphenation: fa‧gò‧ci‧to, (traditional) fa‧go‧cì‧to

Verb

fagocito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitare

Further reading

• fagocito in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• fagocìto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• fagocito in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• fagocito in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Verb

fagocito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /faɡoˈθito/ [fa.ɣ̞oˈθi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /faɡoˈsito/ [fa.ɣ̞oˈsi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: fa‧go‧ci‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Phagocyt. By surface analysis, fago- +‎ -cito.

Noun

fagocito m (plural fagocitos)

1. phagocyte

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fagocito

1. first-person singular present indicative of fagocitar

Further reading

• “fagocito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014