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PINOCYTOSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pinocytosis mean?
• PINOCYTOSIS (noun)
The noun PINOCYTOSIS has 1 sense:
1. process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
Familiarity information: PINOCYTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("pinocytosis" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Context examples
A vesicle formed by the fusion of the plasma membrane, which captures extracellular fluids and solutes during pinocytosis.
(Pinocytotic Vesicle, NCI Thesaurus)
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