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exocytose

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ex⋅o⋅cy⋅tose

  [ek-soh-sahy-tohs, -tohz]
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–verb (used without object), -tosed, -tos⋅ing. Physiology.
(of a cell) to extrude by means of exocytosis.
Origin:
back formation from exocytosis
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ex·o·cy·to·sis   (ěk'sō-sī-tō'sĭs)   
n.   pl. ex·o·cy·to·ses (-sēz')
A process of cellular secretion or excretion in which substances contained in vesicles are discharged from the cell by fusion of the vesicular membrane with the outer cell membrane.
ex'o·cy·tose' (-tōs') v., ex'o·cy·tot'ic (-tŏt'ĭk) adj.
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