endocytosis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛndəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs/

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• Rhymes: -əʊsɪs

Noun

endocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural endocytoses)

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

Antonyms

• exocytosis

Derived terms

• coendocytosis
• electroendocytosis
• retroendocytosis
• transendocytosis

 

Related terms

• endocytic
• endocytose
• endocytosed
• endocytotic

Translations

cytological process

• Finnish: endosytoosi (fi)
• Galician: endocitose f
• Portuguese: endocitose f
• Spanish: endocitosis f
• Swedish: endocytos (sv)

See also

• endosome