phago-

phago-

(word root) eating

Examples of words with the root phago-: phagocyte

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phago-

pref.

Eating; consuming: phagocyte.

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[Greek, from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]

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phago-

or before a vowel

phag-

combining form

eating, consuming, or destroying: phagocyte.

[from Greek phagein to consume]

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phago-

a combining form meaning “eating,” “devouring”: phagocyte.

[< Greek, comb. form akin to phageîn to eat, devour]

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