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Endocytosis

Medical Definition: Cellular uptake of extracellular materials within membrane-limited vacuoles or microvesicles. ENDOSOMES play a central role in endocytosis.
Previously Indexed: Cells/physiology (1966-1972)
Endocytosis Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Phagocytosis - The engulfing of microorganisms, other cells, and foreign particles by phagocytic cells (PHAGOCYTES).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pinocytosis - The engulfing of liquids by cells by a process of invagination and closure of the cell membrane to form fluid-filled vacuoles.

Endocytosis Medical Definitions and Terms

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