English
macropinocytosis
From macro- + pinocytosis.
A compound of macro- + pinocytosis
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- ‘to drink’
Ancient Greek πῑ́νω ‘to drink’
New Latin pīnocytōsis
English pinocytosis
Today it means
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
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Etymograph / macropinocytosis