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pinocytose

pinocytose verb: to perform pinocytosis on.

Verb

pinocytose (third-person singular simple present pinocytoses, present participle pinocytosing, simple past and past participle pinocytosed)

  1. (transitive) To perform pinocytosis on.

Forms of pinocytose

third-person singular presentpinocytoses
present participlepinocytosing
past participlepinocytosed
pastpinocytosed

Origin of pinocytose

Back-formation from pinocytosis.

Words formed from pinocytose

Questions about pinocytose

What does pinocytose mean?
Pinocytose means to perform pinocytosis on.
What part of speech is pinocytose?
Pinocytose is a verb.
What is the past tense of pinocytose?
The past tense of pinocytose is pinocytosed.

Words near pinocytose in the dictionary

  1. pinocytic
  2. pinocytize
  3. pinocytized
  4. pinocytizes
  5. pinocytizing
  6. pinocytose
  7. pinocytosed
  8. pinocytoses
  9. pinocytosing
  10. pinocytosis
  11. pinocytotic

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