fagocitose
Portuguese, noun/fa.ɡo.siˈtɔ.zi/
fagocitose is spelled F-A-G-O-C-I-T-O-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fagocitose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “phagocytosis (the process by which a cell internalises foreign bodies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “processo pelo qual uma célula usa sua membrana plasmática para englobar partículas grandes (≥ 0,5 μm), dando…”.
What does fagocitose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininephagocytosis (the process by which a cell internalises foreign bodies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. processo pelo qual uma célula usa sua membrana plasmática para englobar partículas grandes (≥ 0,5 μm), dando origem a um compartimento interno chamado fagossoma
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fagocitose
- fagocitoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fagocitose?
- Brazil /fa.ɡo.siˈtɔ.zi/
- Portugal /fɐ.ɡu.siˈtɔ.zɨ/
- Portugal [fɐ.ɣu.siˈtɔ.zɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fagocitose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fagocitose in Portuguese?
fagocitose appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).