micropinocytoticadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌpʌɪnəʊsʌɪˈtɒtɪk/, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌpɪnəʊsʌɪˈtɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkroʊˌpaɪnoʊˌsaɪˈtɑdɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of micropinocytosis.
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athrocytic1938
pinocytic1955
pinocytotic1958
micropinocytotic1969
pinocytized1970
1969 Science 8 Aug. 605/1 These micropinocytotic vesicles are most numerous in the more attenuated regions of the cell.
1971 Nature 30 July 341/1 The sequence explains how smooth ‘synaptic’ vesicles, devoid of the coating stigmatic of membrane vesiculation, can yet be of micropinocytotic origin.
1994 Acta Anatomica 150 136 By 7 days, fusiform-shaped cells were seen that contained numerous actin-like cytofilaments and micropinocytotic vesicles characteristic of myofibroblasts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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