英语词汇phagocyte的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	phagocyte
词源	phagocyte n. "white blood cell," regarded as an organism capable of devouring what it meets, 1884, from German phagocyten (plural), coined in German in 1884 by Dr. Elias Metchnikoff (1845-1916) from Greek phago- "eating, devouring" (from PIE root bhag- "to share out, apportion; to get a share") + -cyte "cell." Related: Phagocytic. Entries linking to phagocyte* *bhag- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to share out, apportion; to get a share." It forms all or part of: aphagia; Bhagavad-Gita; baksheesh; esophagus; nebbish; pagoda; -phage; phago-; -phagous; porgy; sarcophagus. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit bhajati "assigns, allots, apportions, enjoys, loves," bhagah "allotter, distributor, master, lord," bhaksati "eats, drinks, enjoys;" Persian bakhshidan "to give;" Greek phagein "to eat," literally "to have a share of food;" Old Church Slavonic bogatu "rich." -cyte word-forming element used in modern science to mean "of a cell," from Latinized form of Greek kytos "a hollow, receptacle, basket" (see cyto-). phagocytosis n. "destruction of microbes by phagocytes," 1891, from phagocyte + -osis. updated on May 12, 2020
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phagocyte n.

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