cytosis
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Encyclopedic overview
26 sectionsContents
- Etymology and pronunciation
- Processes related to subcellular entry or exit
- Endocytosis
- Pinocytosis
- Phagocytosis
- Exocytosis
- Transcytosis
- Phenomenon related to cellular transformation or movements
- Diapedesis
- Emperipolesis
- Trogocytosis
- Efferocytosis
- Cytokinesis
- Phenonomena related to cellular predominance
- Leukocytosis
- Thrombocytosis
- Erythrocytosis
- Phenomenon related to cellular morphology
- Microcytosis
- Macrocytosis
- Anisocytosis
- Spherocytosis
- Ovalocytosis
- Drepanocytosis
- See also
- References
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Cytosis (as the biological suffix ‑cytosis) is used in words that describe either the quantity or condition of cells (e.g., leukocytosis, erythrocytosis) or processes that move material across cellular membranes. The three cellular transport processes are endocytosis (into the cell), exocytosis (out of the cell) and transcytosis (through the cell). Related endings include -osis (as in necrosis, apoptosis) and -esis (e.g., diapedesis, emperipolesis, cytokinesis).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cytosis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.