It is a root meaning to swallow or eat.
Phagocytes are cells that consume invaders, and the esophagus is the food tube which is connected to where you swallow.
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You might mean the esophagus. That is the tube between the throat and the stomach. The root phag+ means swallow or eat, and the phagus is the flap that pushes food down when you swallow. The prefix "eso-" means "out from," so the esophagus leads out from the phagus.
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Phag is a root word in medical terms and it has something to do with eating' Phag=eat, swallow, this is to do with blood (blood) Phag/o=eating, consuming, this is to do with food (lymphatic system)
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phag/o (combining form); or -phagia (suffix)
You might mean the esophagus. That is the tube between the throat and the stomach. The root phag+ means swallow or eat, and the phagus is the flap that pushes food down when you swallow. The prefix "eso-" means "out from," so the esophagus leads out from the phagus.
Yes pigs are rhizophagous because rhizophagous is the eatting of roots and pigs eat roots. Rhiz means root. Phag means eat. And Ous means full of.
The term for cells that eat is phagocytes. For example, macrophages which eat invading organisms in the human body would be called a phagocytic cell. "Phag" comes from the Greek which means "eat."
The answer are the white blood cells, they are what the body uses to fight off foreign bodies and phagocytic is a word derived from the greek's phag meaning devour and cytic is biological for cell. i hope this helped!
The mass number (31 in this case) is the sum of the protons and neutrons. So all we need to find is find one of those in order to find the other. The number of protons will always be the same as the atomic number, which is 16. Then we take 31 - 16 = 15 neutrons.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -PHAG--. That is, seven letter words with 2nd letter P and 3rd letter H and 4th letter A and 5th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are: aphagia
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -Y-PHAG-. That is, eight letter words with 2nd letter Y and 4th letter P and 5th letter H and 6th letter A and 7th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are: dysphagy
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