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Pinosome vs Phagosome - What's the difference?

pinosome | phagosome |

As nouns the difference between pinosome and phagosome

is that pinosome is a vesicle filled with extracellular fluid, formed by pinching the cell membrane inward through pinocytosis while phagosome is a membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.

pinosome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) A vesicle filled with extracellular fluid, formed by pinching the cell membrane inward through pinocytosis

    • Derived terms

    * macropinosome * pinosomal

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    phagosome

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia phagosome) (en noun)
  • A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.

    • Related terms

    * phagosomal