Definition of Pinocytosis

1. Noun. Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid.


Definition of Pinocytosis

1. [n -TOSES]

Medical Definition of Pinocytosis

1. Uptake of fluid filled vesicles into cells (endocytosis). Macro pinocytosis and micro pinocytosis are distinct processes, the latter being energy independent and involving the formation of receptor ligand clusters on the outside of the plasma membrane and clathrin on the cytoplasmic face. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinocytosis

pinnulate
pinnulate
pinnulated
pinnule
pinnule
pinnules
pinny
pinochle
pinochles
pinocle
pinocles
pinocyte
pinocytic
pinocytoses
pinocytosis (current term)
pinocytosis (current term)
pinocytotic
pinocytotically
pinocytotic vesicle
pinole
pinole
pinoles
pinon
pinon
pinones
pinons
pinon nut
pinon pine
Pinophytina
Pinopsida

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