Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phagocyte

1 sense of phagocyte

Sense 1
phagocyte, scavenger cell -- (a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms)
       => somatic cell, vegetative cell -- (any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells";)