单词 | pinocytosis |
释义 | pinocytosis —pinocytotic /pin'euh suy tot"ik, puy'neuh-/, adj. /pin'euh suy toh"sis, puy'neuh-/, n. Physiol. the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm. [1931; < Gk pín(ein) to drink + -O- + -CYTE + -OSIS, on the model of PHAGOCYTOSIS] |
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