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noun Physiology.
the transport of material out of a cell by means of a sac or vesicle that first engulfs the material and then is extruded through an opening in the cell membrane (distinguished from endocytosis).
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Exocytosis
is always a great word to know.
So is net movement. Does it mean:
| movement measured by the force capacity on one side against the force capacity on the other |
| cells having two sets of chromosomes |
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- Rapid reaction suggests that protein might be abundantly present and the secretion by exocytosis might be important.
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exocytosis ex·o·cy·to·sis (ěk'sō-sī-tō'sĭs)
n. pl. ex·o·cy·to·ses (-sēz')
The appearance of migrating inflammatory cells in the epidermis.
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. Also called emiocytosis.
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