macropinocytosis

English

Etymology

macro- +‎ pinocytosis

Noun

macropinocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural macropinocytoses)

1. (cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell

Derived terms

• macropinocytic
• macropinocytose
• macropinocytotic

Related terms

• macropinosome
• pinocytosis

See also

• phagocytosis
• macropinocytosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia