English Explanatory Dictionary

exocytosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.

Word forms

exocytosis exocytoses

Etymology

From exo- + -cytosis.

Related words

endocytosis

Derived words

exocytotic neuroexocytosis
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