Talk:Phagocytosis
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[edit] Etymology of phagocytosis
A minor point I am sure, but wondering if any Greek linguists could clarify if phagocytosis actually means cell eating or whether it is derived from phagocyte which would suggest the action of an eating-cell, the difference being whether cell is the object of subject of the verb to eat. Actually now I think of it, it must be the latter, as phagocytosis doesn't refer to only cells being consumed. Can anyone think of a better way to phrase the ambiguous cell eating in the article? -- postglock 09:37, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
- Cellular eating is probably a better term. Richard001 01:20, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not a Greek linguist but the roots do make a distinction between "the eating of cells" and "the cellular process of eating", the latter of which scentific use of the word phagocytosis refers to -- Serephine ♠ talk - 04:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Who cares??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.17.16.89 (talk) 23:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] A note about the videos
There appears to be a bug (reported) in the Wikimedia Player that returns an error when "Watch in browser" is attempted from the link in the article. However, the Watch-in-browser (Play-in-browser) feature does appear to work from the link provided on the image description page (i.e. the "(file info)" link).--DO11.10 18:36, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Request for expansion
This article would not be complete without a mention of the role of phagocytosis in eukaryote evolution. Verisimilus T 14:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
