macropinosome

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What does macropinosome mean?

A large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis

Where does macropinosome come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English pinosome English macropinosome From macro- + pinosome.

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