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phag(o)-

Feeding, eating.

Greek phago‑, eating.

A phagocyte is a type of cell capable of absorbing bacteria and the like, a process called phagocytosis (Greek kutos, vessel); a phagosome is a vacuole in the cytoplasm of a cell, containing a phagocytosed particle enclosed within a part of the cell membrane; phagotrophy in botany is a type of nutrition in which cells ingest solid food particles.