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  • verb immunology, cytology, UK To ingest (something) by phagocytosis.

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  • Whatever might be the case in fish; our results show that these receptors are inducible in the rainbow trout fibroblasts without the cells being able to phagocytise latex beads.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Hans-Christian Ingerslev et al. 2010

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