Medical Terminology / Unit 8 MedTerm 0488 short lesson, about 20 seconds
phag/o: Eating or Swallowing
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The idea
The combining form phag slash o names eating, swallowing, or engulfing.
In practice
A phagocyte is a cell that engulfs and destroys foreign material.
Where people slip
Phag slash o appears in immune terms and in digestive terms with the same meaning.
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