Medical Dictionary
heterophagy
noun het·er·oph·a·gy \ˌhet-ə-ˈräf-ə-jē\
plural het·er·oph·a·gies
Medical Definition of HETEROPHAGY
: digestion in a fused vacuole and lysosome of material taken into a cell by phagocytosis or pinocytosis
—het·ero·pha·gic \-rō-ˈfā-jik\ adjective
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