Re: Gaelic thing
| From: | Tim May <butsuri@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 20:02 |
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John Cowan writes:
> Thomas Leigh scripsit:
>
> > I have no idea what "phagocytate" means, but wow, what a great word! ;-)
>
> A phagocyte is a virus that infests bacteria; it moves in, subverts the
> bacterial reproduction machinery to make more viruses instead, and
> eventually bursts the bacterium and releases zillions of viruses
> on an unsuspecting world.
>
Mmm, no. I think that's a bacteriophage. A phagocyte is a white
blood cell that attacks invaders and debris by engulfing them like an
amoeba.
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