[ ˌpi:nəʊsʌɪ'təʊsɪs , ˌpɪnəʊ- , ˌpʌɪnəʊ- ]
■ noun Biology the ingestion of liquid into a cell by the budding of small vesicles from the cell membrane.
Origin
C19: from Gk pino 'drink' + -cytosis on the pattern of phagocytosis .
PINOCYTOSIS
Meaning of PINOCYTOSIS in English
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004