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endocytosis

[en-doh-sahy-toh-sis]
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noun Physiology.
  1. the transport of solid matter or liquid into a cell by means of a coated vacuole or vesicle (distinguished from exocytosis).
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Compare phagocytosis, pinocytosis.

Origin of endocytosis

1960–65; endo- + -cyte + -osis, perhaps on the model of phagocytosis
Related formsen·do·cyt·ic [en-doh-sit-ik] /ˌɛn doʊˈsɪt ɪk/, en·do·cy·tot·ic [en-doh-sahy-tot-ik] /ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtɒt ɪk/, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for endocytosis

endocytosis

noun
  1. the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface
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endocytosis in Medicine

endocytosis

(ĕn′dō-sī-tō′sĭs)
n.
  1. A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.
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Related formsen′do•cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) null adj.en′do•cy•tose′ (-tōs′) v.
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