rhopheocytosisn.

1961 E. Ponder tr. M. Bessis in J. Brachet & A. E. Mirsky Cell V. iii. 191 The phenomenon of rhopheocytosis is absolutely constant normally and in many diseases.

1961 A. B. Novikoff in J. Brachet & A. E. Mirsky Cell II. vi. 455 Whether external pressure or internal ‘suction’ is involved in the second process is, of course, not known, but its appearance is similar to that called rhopheocytosis by Bessis and Breton-Gorius (1959).

1964 D. W. Allen in C. W. Bishop & D. MacN. Surgenor Red Blood Cell viii. 324 The authors assume that the ferritin is transferred from reticulum cell to erythroblast by a form of micropinocytosis which the authors call ‘rhopheocytosis’.

1974 Nature 15 Feb. 462/1 A dense and continuous dark labelling was seen in contact with the membrane of all normoblasts, surrounding the whole perimeter of the cell, including rhopheocytosis invaginations.

2009 A. Wickrema & B. Kee Molecular Basis of Hematopoiesis iii. 76 This process, initially termed ‘rhopheocytosis,’ is now recognized to be micropinocytosis, a process by which immature erythroblasts accumulate iron through a specific acid ferritin receptor.