- pinocytosis
- The engulfing of a minute droplet of liquid by a living cell.
Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.
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pinocytosis — pinocytosis. См. пиноцитоз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
pinocytosis — from Gk. pinein to drink (see IMBIBE (Cf. imbibe)) … Etymology dictionary
pinocytosis — [pī΄nə sī tō′sis, pin΄əsī tō′sis] n. pl. pinocytoses [pī΄nə sī tō′sēz΄] a type of endocytosis in which the engulfed liquid remains within a separate vacuole pinocytic [pīn΄ōsīt′ik] adj. pinocytotic [pīn΄ōsī tät′ik] … English World dictionary
Pinocytosis — In cellular biology, pinocytosis ( cell drinking , bulk phase pinocytosis , non specific, non adsorptive pinocytosis , fluid endocytosis ) is a form of endocytosis in which small particles are brought into the cell suspended within small vesicles … Wikipedia
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… … Dictionary of molecular biology
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 … Universalium
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… … Medical dictionary
pinocytosis — noun (plural pinocytoses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pinein to drink + New Latin cyt + osis more at potable Date: 1895 the uptake of fluid and dissolved substances by a cell by invagination and pinching off of the cell membrane •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pinocytosis — n. [Gr. pino, drink; kytos, container] Ingestion or absorption of surrounding fluids by a cell, that forms a vesicle by incupping of the surface membrane … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pinocytosis — (pi no si to sis) The endocytotic process in which a cell encloses a small amount of the surrounding liquid and its solutes in tiny pinocytotic vesicles or pinosomes … Dictionary of microbiology
pinocytosis — noun A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion … Wiktionary
