fagócito

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === phagocyto (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from German Phagocyt (“phagocyte”), from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phageîn, “eat”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”). By surface analysis, fago- +‎ -cito. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔsitu Hyphenation: fa‧gó‧ci‧to === Noun === fagócito m (plural fagócitos) (cytology) phagocyte (cell of the immune system) Hypernyms: célula branca, leucócito ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fagócito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fagócito”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “fagócito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “fagócito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “fagócito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026