PINOCYTOSIS


Meaning of PINOCYTOSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpi-nə-sə-ˈtō-səs, ˌpī-, -ˌsī- ]

noun

( plural pi·no·cy·to·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pinein to drink + New Latin cyt- + -osis — more at potable

Date: 1895

: the uptake of fluid and dissolved substances by a cell by invagination and pinching off of the cell membrane

• pi·no·cy·tot·ic -ˈtä-tik or pi·no·cyt·ic ˌpi-nə-ˈsī-tik, ˌpī- adjective

• pi·no·cy·tot·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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