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porocytosis

porocytosis noun: the secretion of neurotransmitters through an array of docked vesicle/secretory pore complexes.

Noun

porocytosis (uncountable)

  1. The secretion of neurotransmitters through an array of docked vesicle/secretory pore complexes

Origin of porocytosis

From poro- + -cyte + -osis.

Questions about porocytosis

What does porocytosis mean?
Porocytosis means the secretion of neurotransmitters through an array of docked vesicle/secretory pore complexes.
What part of speech is porocytosis?
Porocytosis is a noun.

Words near porocytosis in the dictionary

  1. porocephalosis
  2. poroconidia
  3. poroconidium
  4. porocyte
  5. porocytes
  6. porocytosis
  7. porodinous
  8. poroelastic
  9. poroelasticity
  10. poroelastogram
  11. poroelastograms

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