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a combining form meaning “eating, devouring,” used in the formation of compound words: phagocyte.

Origin:
< Gk, comb. form akin to phageîn to eat, devour
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phago-  
pref.  Eating; consuming: phagocyte.

[Greek, from phagein, to eat; see bhag- in Indo-European roots.]
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phago- pref.
Eating; consuming: phagocyte.

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