caveola /ca·ve·o·la/ (ka″ve-o´lah) pl. caveo´lae [L.] one of the minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis.
caveola
ca·ve·o·la (k -v   -l)n. pl. ca·ve·o·lae (-l  ) A small vesicle or recess, especially one communicating with the outside of a cell and extending inward, indenting the cytoplasm and the cell membrane. |
caveola
pl. caveolae
a small pit, depression, or invagination, such as any of the minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis, which close and then pinch off to form small, free, fluid-filled vesicles in the cytoplasm.
caveola
pl. caveolae [L.] one of the minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis.
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