Phagy

Phagy or phagia is an ecological term that is used to identify particular nutritional systems. Various prefices may be added to give different types of phagy, which include:

  • monophagy — feeding on a single type of food
  • polyphagy — feeding on many kinds of food

  • phytophagy — the eating of plants
  • aphytophagy

Phagocytosis

Phagocytes are
cells that can perform phagocytosis of inorganic or organic (including other cells and pathogens) material. Phagocytes include the macrophage and the neutrophil granulocyte.

Implications of phagy system

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