吞噬作用

Traditional form:

吞噬作用

Pinyin (reading):

tūnshìzuòyòng

Definitions:

• phagocytosis (ingesting and destroying foreign matter)

Characters:

• 吞 - to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
• 噬 - to bite, to gnaw; to snap at
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use

Traditional characters:

• 吞 - to absorb, to annex; to engulf; to swallow
• 噬 - to bite, to gnaw; to snap at
• 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use