English Explanatory Dictionary

phago-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Eating, feeding, consuming.
  2. Of or pertaining to the phagocyte.

Pronunciation

/faɡ.ə(ʊ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phago-.wav /fæɡ.oʊ/ /fæɡ.ə/

Word forms

phago- phag-

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek φᾰγ- (phăg-), perfective stem of ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon, “I ate, I devoured”), singular first-person aorist active indicative form (by suppletion) of ἐσθῐ́ω (esthĭ́ō, “to eat, devour, consume”).

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