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heterophagism, heterophagous, heterophagy
Digestion within a cell of an exogenous substance phagocytosed from the cell’s environment.
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heterophagy (s) (noun), heterophagyies (pl)
The condition of the ingestion or the intake of a large selection of food matter: The phenomenon of heterophagy takes place among parasites that find nourishment by feeding on many different host organisms.
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