phagosome
noun
phagosome is spelled P-H-A-G-O-S-O-M-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, phagosome means “A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of phagosome is phagosomes.
How many letters and syllables are in phagosome?
| Letters | 9: P-H-A-G-O-S-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is phagosome?
Phagosome appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce phagosome?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-phagosome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of phagosome
- phagosomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does phagosome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Phagosome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does phagosome come from?
From phago- + -some.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).