Usually means: Cellular process of ingesting liquids.
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  1. pinocytosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. pinocytosis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pinocytosis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pinocytosis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pinocytosis: Vocabulary.com
  6. pinocytosis: Wiktionary
  7. pinocytosis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. pinocytosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. pinocytosis: Dictionary.com
  10. Pinocytosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. pinocytosis: Rhymezone
  12. pinocytosis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. pinocytosis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. pinocytosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pinocytosis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinocytosis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  6. pinocytosis: Medical dictionary
  7. Pinocytosis: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pinocytosis)

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

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