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Macropinosome vs Macropinocytosis - What's the difference?

macropinosome | macropinocytosis |

In cytology|lang=en terms the difference between macropinosome and macropinocytosis

is that macropinosome is (cytology) a large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis while macropinocytosis is (cytology) 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.

As nouns the difference between macropinosome and macropinocytosis

is that macropinosome is (cytology) a large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis while macropinocytosis is (cytology) 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.

macropinosome

English

(wikipedia macropinosome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis

    • Related terms

    *pinosome

    Derived terms

    *macropinosomal

    macropinocytosis

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (cytology) 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

    • Derived terms

    * macropinocytic, macropinocytotic

    Related terms

    * macropinosome * pinocytosis

    See also

    * phagocytosis * (wikipedia "macropinocytosis")