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en⋅do⋅cy⋅to⋅sis

  [en-doh-sahy-toh-sis]
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–noun Physiology.
the transport of solid matter or liquid into a cell by means of a coated vacuole or vesicle (distinguished from exocytosis ).

Origin:
1960–65; endo- + -cyte + -osis, perh. on the model of phagocytosis

Related forms:
en⋅do⋅cyt⋅ic  [en-doh-sit-ik] , en⋅do⋅cy⋅tot⋅ic  [en-doh-sahy-tot-ik] , adjective
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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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Main Entry: en·do·cy·to·sis
Pronunciation: -sI-'tO-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural en·do·cy·to·ses /-"sEz/
: incorporation of substances into a cell by phagocytosis or pinocytosis —en·do·cy·tose /-'sI-"tOs, -"tOz/ transitive verb -tosed; -tos·ing
—en·do·cy·tot·ic /-sI-'tät-ik/ adjective
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endocytosis 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) or en'do·cy·tot'ic (-sī-tŏt'ĭk) adj.
en'do·cy·tose' (-tōs') v.

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