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excytosis

excytosis is the alternative form of exocytosis.

Meaning of exocytosis

Noun

exocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural exocytoses)

  1. The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.

Questions about excytosis

What is excytosis the alternative form of?
Excytosis is the alternative form of exocytosis.

Words near excytosis in the dictionary

  1. excysted
  2. excysting
  3. excystment
  4. excystments
  5. excysts
  6. excytosis
  7. excyzoite
  8. excyzoites
  9. Exd.
  10. EXDIS
  11. exduction

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