macropinocytosis
English
Etymology
macro- + pinocytosis
Noun
macropinocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural macropinocytoses)
- (cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell
Derived terms
- macropinocytic
- macropinocytose
- macropinocytotic
Related terms
- macropinosome
- pinocytosis
See also
- phagocytosis
