micropinocytosis

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micropinocytosis [¦mī·krō‚pin·ə·sī′tō·səs]

(cell and molecular biology)

A mechanism of endocytosis in which fluid droplets are internalized by indentations (caveolae) on the surface membrane which pinch off as tiny internal vesicles (micropinosomes).

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