Phagy or phagia is an ecological term that is used to identify particular nutritional systems. Various prefixes may be added to give different types of phagy, which include:

• monophagy — feeding on a single type of food
• polyphagy — feeding on many kinds of food

• phytophagy — the eating of plants
• aphytophagy —

Phagocytosis

Phagocytes are cells that can perform phagocytosis of inorganic or organic (including other cells and pathogens) material. Phagocytes include the macrophage and the neutrophil granulocyte.

Implications of phagy system