different between endocytosis vs macropinocytosis

endocytosis

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

endocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural endocytoses)

  1. (cytology) The process by which the plasma membrane of a cell folds inwards to ingest material.

Related terms

  • endocytic
  • endocytose
  • endocytosed
  • endocytotic

Derived terms

Translations

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macropinocytosis

English

Etymology

macro- +? pinocytosis

Noun

macropinocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural macropinocytoses)

  1. (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
  • macropinocytosis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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