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endocytosis 
endocytosis definition
endo·cy·to·sis (-sī tō′sis)
noun
a process in which a cell engulfs a large molecule, bacterium, etc. and forms a vesicle around it
Related Forms:
- endocytic en′do·cyt′ic (-sit′ik) adjective
- endocytose en′do·cy′·tose′ (-sī′tōs′, -tōz′) transitive verb, intransitive verb endocytosed -·tosed′, endocytosing -·tos′ing
- endocytotic en′do·cy·tot′ic (-sī tät′ik) adjective
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