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endocytosis
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endocytosis /en·do·cy·to·sis/ (-si-to´sis) the uptake by a cell of material from the environment by invagination of its plasma membrane; it includes both phagocytosis and pinocytosis.
en·do·cy·to·sis (nd-s-tss)
n.
A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.

endo·cytic (-stk), endo·cy·totic (-s-ttk) adj.
endo·cy·tose (-ts) v.

endocytosis
the uptake by a cell of material from the environment by invagination of the plasma membrane; it includes both phagocytosis and pinocytosis.

receptor mediated endocytosis
uptake of materials bound to specific cell-surface receptors by invagination of the plasma membrane to form a small membrane-bounded vesicle; a mechanism for entry of viruses into cells.

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