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pinocytosis
[pin-uh-sahy-toh-sis, pahy-nuh-]
noun
the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
Some drugs, such as penicillin, are unable to cross biological barriers unless they make use of carrier proteins or are taken across by pinocytosis.
Other Word Forms
- pinocytotic adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pinocytosis1
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Example Sentences
Microglia can remove such waste from the parenchyma through specialized endocytic processes called phagocytosis and pinocytosis, and the uptake of amyloid-β by microglia seems to be an important means of amyloid-β-aggregate degradation.
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