— pinocytotic /pin'euh suy tot"ik, puy'neuh-/ , adj.
/pin'euh suy toh"sis, puy'neuh-/ , n. Physiol.
the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
[ 1931; pín ( ein ) to drink + -O- + -CYTE + -OSIS, on the model of PHAGOCYTOSIS ]