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endocytose

American  
[en-doh-sahy-tohs, -tohz] / ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtoʊs, -ˈtoʊz /

verb (used without object)

Physiology.
endocytosed, endocytosing

  1. (of a cell) to take within by the process of endocytosis.

Etymology

Origin of endocytose

First recorded in 1970–75; back formation from endocytosis

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