potocytosis
UK/ˌpəʊ.tə(ʊ).sʌɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/US/ˌpoʊ.toʊˌsaɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/
potocytosis noun: a type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly into the cytosol.
Noun
potocytosis (plural potocytoses)
- A type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly into the cytosol.
Forms of potocytosis
| plural | potocytoses |
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Origin of potocytosis
From Latin poto (“I drink”) + cyto- (“cell”) + -osis.
Words that rhyme with potocytosis
- apotheosis
- symbiosis
- -osis
- abiosis
- diagnosis
- gnosis
- hypnosis
- lordosis
- arthrosis
- cytosis
- kyphosis
- meiosis
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- osmosis
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- stenosis
- synostosis
- theosis
- acanthocytosis
- acanthosis
- acidosis
- adiposis
- aerobiosis
- alkalosis
- amyloidosis
- anadiplosis
- anostosis
- aponeurosis
- apoptosis
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- halitosis
- hemochromatosis
- ichthyosis
- koilocytosis
- lactosis
- leukoerythroblastosis
- miosis
- mitosis
- mononucleosis
- mycosis
- neoatherosclerosis
- neurosis
- ochronosis
- osteophytosis
- osteoporosis
- parahypnosis
- phagocytosis
- pinocytosis
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
- probiosis
- psychosis
- ptosis
- pyrosis
- retrognosis
- rubatosis
- silicosis
- simuliotoxicosis
- synchondrosis
- syndesmosis
Questions about potocytosis
- What does potocytosis mean?
- Potocytosis means a type of receptor-mediated endocytosis in which small molecules are transported by caveolae across the plasma membrane of a cell and deposited directly into the cytosol.
- What part of speech is potocytosis?
- Potocytosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce potocytosis?
- Potocytosis is pronounced /ˌpəʊ.tə(ʊ).sʌɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of potocytosis?
- The plural of potocytosis is potocytoses.
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