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PINOCYTOSIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does pinocytosis mean?

• PINOCYTOSIS (noun)
The noun PINOCYTOSIS has 1 sense:

1. process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid

Familiarity information: PINOCYTOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PINOCYTOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("pinocytosis" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

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