Medical term:
emiocytosis
ex·o·cy·to·sis
(ek'sō-sī-to'sis),1. The appearance of migrating inflammatory cells in the epidermis.
2. The process whereby secretory granules or droplets are released from a cell; the membrane around the granule fuses with the cell membrane, which ruptures, and the secretion is discharged. Synonym(s): emeiocytosis, emiocytosis Compare: endocytosis.
[exo- + G. kytos, cell, + -osis, condition]
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ex·o·cy·to·sis
(eksō-sī-tōsis)1. The appearance of migrating inflammatory cells in the epidermis.
2. The process whereby secretory granules or droplets are released from a cell; the membrane around the granule fuses with the cell membrane, which ruptures, and the secretion is discharged.
Synonym(s): emeiocytosis, emiocytosis.
Compare: endocytosis
Synonym(s): emeiocytosis, emiocytosis.
Compare: endocytosis
[exo- + G. kytos, cell, + -osis, condition]
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