Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small phagocyte.
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- noun biology A small
phagocyte , especially apolymorphonuclear leucocyte
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- noun a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)
Etymologies
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micro- + phage
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Examples
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They carry not only instructions about eye color, height, nose shape, enzyme production, microphage resistance, but a story, too.
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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The tilapia species that are commonly used in aquaculture (O. aureus, O. niloticus, O. mossambicus, etc.) are microphage species and, consequently, have a small stomach and a narrow oesophagus.
1. Breeding 1998
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