rhopheocytosis

rho·phe·o·cy·to·sis

(rō'fē-ō-sī-tō'sis),

Formation of vacuoles at a cell surface without prior formation of cytoplasmic projections, by which the cell appears to aspirate surrounding material.
See also: pinocytosis.

[G. rhopheō, to gulp down, or aspirate, + kytos, cell, + -osis, condition]

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rhopheocytosis

(ro?fe-o-si-to'sis) [Gr. rhophein, gulp down, + kytos, cell, + osis, condition]

The mechanism by which ferritin is transferred from macrophages in the bone marrow to normoblasts.

See: pinocytosis

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