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pinocytosis
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pinocytosis /pino·cy·to·sis/ (pi?nah-si-to´sis) a mechanism by which cells ingest extracellular fluid and its contents; it involves the formation of invaginations by the cell membrane, which close and break off to form fluid-filled vacuoles in the cytoplasm.pinocytot´ic
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Pinocytosis of small fluid droplets.
pin·o·cy·to·sis (pn-s-tss, -s-, pn-)
n.
Introduction of fluids into a cell by invagination of the cell membrane, followed by formation of vesicles within the cells.
pino·cy·totic (-ttk) adj.
pinocytosis (pī´nōsītō´sis),
n See phagocytosis.
pinocytosis
a mechanism by which cells ingest extracellular fluid and its contents; it involves the formation of invaginations by the cell membrane, which close and break off to form fluid-filled vacuoles in the cytoplasm.
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Mechanism of pinocytosis. By permission from Guyton R, Hall JE, Textbook of Medical Physiology, Saunders, 2000
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