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Category:GO:0006907 ! pinocytosis
name: pinocytosis
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0006908
alt_id: GO:1902536
def: "An endocytosis process that results in the uptake of liquid material by cells from their external environment; literally 'cell drinking'. Liquid is enclosed in vesicles, called pinosomes, formed by invagination of the plasma membrane." [ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "clathrin-independent pinocytosis" BROAD []
synonym: "fluid-phase endocytosis" EXACT []
synonym: "single-organism pinocytosis" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Pinocytosis
is_a: GO:0006897 ! endocytosis
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<GOterm>GO:0006907</GOterm>
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