Explain what ìs Pinocytosis
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Pinocytosis is the ingestion of extracellular fluids, i.e. the fluid surrounding the cell, together with its contents of small dissolved molecules (solutes). ... Etymology: from Greek pino, meaning “to drink” and cyto, meaning “cell”. Synonyms: cell drinking; fluid endocytosis; fluid-phase endocytosis.
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In cellular biology, pinocytosis, otherwise known as fluid endocytosis and bulk-phase pinocytosis, is a mode of endocytosis in which small particles suspended in extracellular fluid are brought into the cell through an invagination of the cell membrane, resulting in a suspension of the particles within a small vesicle
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