Synonym for phagocytose ... To perform phagocytosis, denoting the action of phagocytic cells. ... Synonym: phagocytise. ... Origin: L. Phagedaena, Gr Phago, To eat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
To exert a phagocytic action. To cause a micro-organism or other small extraneous object to engulfed and digested by a phagocyte.