pinocytosis
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.
GO:0006897
endocytosis
is_a
clathrin-independent pinocytosis
broad
fluid-phase endocytosis
exact
single-organism pinocytosis
related