Look up: Pinocytosis

1. Pinocytosis
   In protozoa, the uptake of macro-molecules into a cell by a drinking type of action.
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2. pinocytosis
   [n] - process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
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3. Pinocytosis
   Pinocytosis: A cellular process that permits the active transport of fluid from outside the cell through the membrane surrounding the cell into the inside of the cell. In pinocytosis, tiny incuppings called caveolae (little caves) in the surface of the cell close and then pinch off to form pinosomes...
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4. pinocytosis
   Uptake of fluid-filled vesicles into cells (endocytosis). Macro-pinocytosis and micro-pinocytosis are distinct processes, the latter being energy independent and involving the formation of receptor-ligand clusters on the outside of the plasma membrane, and clathrinon the cytoplasmic face.
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5. pinocytosis
   Uptake of fluid filled vesicles into cells (endocytosis). Macro pinocytosis and micro pinocytosis are distinct processes, the latter being energy independent and involving the formation of receptor ligand clusters on the outside of the plasma membrane and clathrin on the cytoplasmic face. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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6. pinocytosis
   noun process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid
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7. pinocytosis
   (pin″o-) (pi″no-si-to´sis) a mechanism by which cells ingest extracellular fluid and its contents; it involves the formation of invaginations by the cell membrane, which close and break off to form fluid-filled vacuoles in the cytoplasm. adj., pinocytot´ic., adj. ...
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8. pinocytosis
   a process by which liquid droplets are ingested by living cells. Pinocytosis is one type of endocytosis, the general process by which cells engulf ... [3 related articles]
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9. pinocytosis
   pinocytosis The process by which cells engulf fluids and solids to form vacuoles, which then move through the cell and discharge their contents from another region of the cell surface.
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10. pinocytosis
    pinocyte, pinocytic, pinocytosis, pinocytotic The inbibition [drinking]; of liquids by cells; i.e., absorption of liquids by cells; especially, the mechanism by which cells ingest extracellular fluid and its contents.
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11. Pinocytosis
    Ingestion of liquid or very small particles by vesicle formation in a cell.
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12. pinocytosis
    pinocytosis: see endocytosis.
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13. pinocytosis
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pin′ō-sī-tō′sis, pī′nō- Definitions: 1. The cellular process of actively engulfing liquid, a phenomenon in which minute incuppings or invaginations are formed in the surface of the cell membrane and close to form fluid-filled vesicles; it resembles phagocytosis.
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14. pinocytosis
    (pin;uo-si-to;sis) Cell drinking; invagination of the cell membrane forming narrow channels that pinch off into vacuoles. This allows for cellular intake of extracellular fluid and dissolved molecules.
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15. pinocytosis
    (pin;uo-si-to;sis) Cell drinking; invagination of the cell membrane forming narrow channels that pinch off into vacuoles. This allows for cellular intake of extracellular fluid and dissolved molecules.
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16. Pinocytosis
    In cellular biology, `pinocytosis` ("cell-drinking", "bulk-phase pinocytosis", "non-specific, non-absorptive pinocytosis", "fluid endocytosis") is a form of endocytosis in which small particles are brought into the cell suspended within small vesicles that sub...
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