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单词 endocytosis
释义

endocytosis

[ en-doh-sahy-toh-sis ]
/ ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun Physiology.

the transport of solid matter or liquid into a cell by means of a coated vacuole or vesicle (distinguished from exocytosis).
Compare phagocytosis, pinocytosis.

Origin of endocytosis

1960–65; endo- + -cyte + -osis, perhaps on the model of phagocytosis

OTHER WORDS FROM endocytosis

en·do·cyt·ic [en-doh-sit-ik], /ˌɛn doʊˈsɪt ɪk/, en·do·cy·tot·ic [en-doh-sahy-tot-ik], /ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtɒt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby endocytosis

endocrinous, endocuticle, endocystitis, endocytobiology, endocytose, endocytosis, endoderm, endodermal sinus tumor, endodermis, endodontia, endodontics
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British Dictionary definitions for endocytosis

endocytosis
/ (ˌɛndəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs) /

noun

the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for endocytosis

endocytosis
[ ĕn′dō-sī-tōsĭs ]

n.

A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.

Other words from endocytosis

en′do•cytic (-sĭtĭk) null adj.en′do•cy•tose (-tōs) v.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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