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Word: Pinocytosis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek pino ‘drink’ + -cytosis on the pattern of phagocytosis
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɪnə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪs
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpʌɪnə(ʊ)sʌɪˈtəʊsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the ingestion of liquid into a cell by the budding of small vesicles from the cell membrane.
Short Definition:ingestion of liquid into cell by budding of small vesicles from cell membrane
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