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pinocytize

pinocytize verb: to ingest by pinocytosis.

Verb

pinocytize (third-person singular simple present pinocytizes, present participle pinocytizing, simple past and past participle pinocytized)

  1. (transitive) To ingest by pinocytosis.

Forms of pinocytize

third-person singular presentpinocytizes
present participlepinocytizing
past participlepinocytized
pastpinocytized

Origin of pinocytize

From pinocyte + -ize.

Questions about pinocytize

What does pinocytize mean?
Pinocytize means to ingest by pinocytosis.
What part of speech is pinocytize?
Pinocytize is a verb.
What is the past tense of pinocytize?
The past tense of pinocytize is pinocytized.

Words near pinocytize in the dictionary

  1. pinochles
  2. pinocle
  3. pinocyte
  4. pinocytes
  5. pinocytic
  6. pinocytize
  7. pinocytized
  8. pinocytizes
  9. pinocytizing
  10. pinocytose
  11. pinocytosed

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