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macropinocytosis

macropinocytosis noun: a form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell.

Noun

macropinocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural macropinocytoses)

  1. A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell

Forms of macropinocytosis

pluralmacropinocytoses

Origin of macropinocytosis

From macro- + pinocytosis.

Words formed from macropinocytosis

Questions about macropinocytosis

What does macropinocytosis mean?
Macropinocytosis means a form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell.
What part of speech is macropinocytosis?
Macropinocytosis is a noun.
What is the plural of macropinocytosis?
The plural of macropinocytosis is macropinocytoses.

Words near macropinocytosis in the dictionary

  1. macropine
  2. macropinocytic
  3. macropinocytose
  4. macropinocytosed
  5. macropinocytoses
  6. macropinocytosis
  7. macropinocytotic
  8. macropinosomal
  9. macropinosome
  10. macropinosomes
  11. macropipette

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