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endocytose

endocytose verb: of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.

Verb

endocytose (third-person singular simple present endocytoses, present participle endocytosing, simple past and past participle endocytosed)

  1. Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.

Forms of endocytose

third-person singular presentendocytoses
present participleendocytosing
past participleendocytosed
pastendocytosed

Words formed from endocytose

Questions about endocytose

What does endocytose mean?
Endocytose means of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
What part of speech is endocytose?
Endocytose is a verb.
What is the past tense of endocytose?
The past tense of endocytose is endocytosed.

Words near endocytose in the dictionary

  1. endocytoscope
  2. endocytoscopes
  3. endocytoscopic
  4. endocytoscopies
  5. endocytoscopy
  6. endocytose
  7. endocytosed
  8. endocytoses
  9. endocytosing
  10. endocytosis
  11. endocytotic

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