pinocytoses

verb (used without object), pi·no·cy·tosed, pi·no·cy·tos·ing.

1. (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.

noun Physiology.

1. the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.

n.from Greek pinein “to drink” (see imbibe) + -cytosis. n.

1. Introduction of fluids into a cell by invagination of the cell membrane, followed by formation of vesicles within the cells.