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endocytose

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en⋅do⋅cy⋅tose

[en-doh-sahy-tohs, -tohz]
–verb (used without object), -tosed, -tos⋅ing. Physiology.
(of a cell) to take within by the process of endocytosis.

Origin:
1970–75; back formation from endocytosis
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en·do·cy·to·sis   (ěn'dō-sī-tō'sĭs)   
n.  A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.
en'do·cyt'ic (-sĭt'ĭk), en'do·cy·tot'ic (-sī-tŏt'ĭk) adj., en'do·cy·tose' (-tōs') v.
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