phagocyter

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From phagocyte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fa.ɡɔ.si.te/
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Verb[edit]

phagocyter

  1. (transitive, biology) to phagocytize
  2. (transitive, figurative) to swallow up
    • 2022 February 24, Lucas Minisini, “A Avion, la candidature de Fabien Roussel donne des ailes aux militants”, in Le Monde[1]:
      Cette commune du Pas-de-Calais est l’un des derniers bastions communistes d’une région phagocytée par l’extrême droite.
      This commune in Pas-de-Calais is one of the last bastions of communism in a region swallowed up by the far right.

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