Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macropinocytosis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macropinocy-to-sis
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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 pinocytosis English macropinocytosis From macro- + pinocytosis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

macropinocytoses (plural)

Derived Forms

macropinocytic macropinocytose macropinocytotic

Frequently Paired Words

macropinosome pinocytosis phagocytosis

Questions

What does macropinocytosis mean?: A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell
Where does macropinocytosis 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 pinocytosis English macropinocytosis From macro- + pinocytosis.

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