| AUTOPHAGOUS | • autophagous adj. Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy. • AUTOPHAGOUS adj. related to autophagy, sustenance by self-absorption of the tissues of the body. |
| CREOPHAGOUS | • creophagous adj. Flesh-eating. • CREOPHAGOUS adj. flesh-eating, carnivorous. |
| ENDOPHAGOUS | • endophagous adj. (Biology, of a parasite) That feeds from within the host organism. • ENDOPHAGOUS adj. exhibiting endophagy, cannibalism within a tribe. |
| HYLOPHAGOUS | • hylophagous adj. That feeds on wood. • HYLOPHAGOUS adj. eating wood. |
| MELIPHAGOUS | • meliphagous adj. Of an animal, that feeds on honey or nectar. • MELIPHAGOUS adj. feeding upon honey, also MELLIPHAGOUS. |
| MONOPHAGOUS | • monophagous adj. (Biology) That eats only one kind of food. • monophagous adj. That (prefers to) eat alone. • MONOPHAGOUS adj. feeding on only one type of food. |
| MYCOPHAGOUS | • mycophagous adj. Fungus-eating. • MYCOPHAGOUS adj. eating fungus. |
| PHAGOCYTISE | • phagocytise v. (Immunology, cytology, Britain) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTISE v. to consume by phagocytosis, also PHAGOCYTIZE. |
| PHAGOCYTISM | • phagocytism n. The nature or function of a phagocyte. • PHAGOCYTISM n. the nature or function of a phagocyte. |
| PHAGOCYTIZE | • phagocytize v. (Immunology, cytology, US) To ingest (something) by phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTIZE v. to consume by phagocytosis, also PHAGOCYTISE. |
| PHAGOCYTOSE | • phagocytose v. (Immunology, cytology) To phagocytize; to ingest by phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSE v. to subject to phagocytic action. |
| PHAGOMANIAC | • PHAGOMANIAC n. one who suffers from phagomania, a compulsive desire to eat. |
| PHAGOMANIAS | • PHAGOMANIA n. a compulsive desire to eat. |
| PHAGOPHOBIA | • phagophobia n. A fear of swallowing. • PHAGOPHOBIA n. fear of eating. |
| POLYPHAGOUS | • polyphagous adj. Eating many types of food. • polyphagous adj. (Of an herbivorous insect) Having many host plants. • POLYPHAGOUS adj. eating many types of food. |
| THEOPHAGOUS | • THEOPHAGOUS adj. relating to theophagy, the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| TOXIPHAGOUS | • TOXIPHAGOUS adj. eating poison, also TOXICOPHAGOUS. |
| XYLOPHAGOUS | • xylophagous adj. Feeding on wood. (Of insects etc.) • xylophagous adj. Destructive to wood. (Of fungi etc.) • XYLOPHAGOUS adj. wood-eating. |