endocytosis

English

Noun

endocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural endocytoses)

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

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cytological process

Finnish: endosytoosi (fi)
Galician: endocitose f
Portuguese: endocitose f

Spanish: endocitosis f
Swedish: endocytos (sv)

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