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transcytosis

transcytosis noun: the process whereby macromolecules are transported across the interior of a cell via vesicles.

Noun

transcytosis (countable and uncountable, plural transcytoses)

  1. The process whereby macromolecules are transported across the interior of a cell via vesicles.

Forms of transcytosis

pluraltranscytoses

Origin of transcytosis

From trans- + cyto- + -osis.

Words formed from transcytosis

Questions about transcytosis

What does transcytosis mean?
Transcytosis means the process whereby macromolecules are transported across the interior of a cell via vesicles.
What part of speech is transcytosis?
Transcytosis is a noun.
What is the plural of transcytosis?
The plural of transcytosis is transcytoses.

Words near transcytosis in the dictionary

  1. transcytoplasmic
  2. transcytose
  3. transcytosed
  4. transcytoses
  5. transcytosing
  6. transcytosis
  7. transcytotic
  8. transcytotically
  9. Transdanubia
  10. Transdanubian
  11. Transdanubians

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