Process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In cellular biology , pinocytosis , otherwise known as cell drinking , fluid endocytosis , and bulk-phase pinocytosis , is a mode of endocytosis in which small particles are brought into the cell, forming an invagination, and then suspended within small ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
from Greek pinein "to drink" (see imbibe ) + -cytosis .

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n. (context biology English) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion

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n. process by which certain cells can engulf and incorporate droplets of fluid