endocytosis

[ en-doh-sahy-toh-sis ]
/ ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun Physiology.

the transport of solid matter or liquid into a cell by means of a coated vacuole or vesicle (distinguished from exocytosis).
Compare phagocytosis, pinocytosis.

Origin of endocytosis

1960–65; endo- + -cyte + -osis, perhaps on the model of phagocytosis

OTHER WORDS FROM endocytosis

en·do·cyt·ic [en-doh-sit-ik] /ˌɛn doʊˈsɪt ɪk/, en·do·cy·tot·ic [en-doh-sahy-tot-ik] /ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtɒt ɪk/, adjective

Words nearby endocytosis

endocrinous, endocuticle, endocystitis, endocytobiology, endocytose, endocytosis, endoderm, endodermal sinus tumor, endodermis, endodontia, endodontics

British Dictionary definitions for endocytosis

endocytosis
/ (ˌɛndəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs) /

noun

the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface

Medical definitions for endocytosis

endocytosis
[ ĕn′dō-sī-tō′sĭs ]

n.

A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.

Other words from endocytosis

en′do•cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) null adj. en′do•cy•tose′ (-tōs′) v.