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endocytosis
noun
a process in which a cell engulfs a large molecule, bacterium, etc. and forms a vesicle around it
Related Forms:
- endocytic adjective
- endocytose transitive verb, intransitive verb endocytosed, endocytosing
- endocytotic adjective
See endocytosis in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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