Definition of Transcytosis

1. Noun. (biology) The process whereby macromolecules are transported across the interior of a cell via vesicles. ¹

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Medical Definition of Transcytosis

1. Process of transport of material across an epithelium by uptake on one face into a coated vesicle, which may then be sorted through the trans Golgi network and transported to the opposite face in another set of vesicles. (17 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transcytosis

transcriptomics
transcriptor
transcriptosome
transcriptosomes
transcripts
transcritical
transcultural
transcultural nursing
transcurrence
transcurrent
transcursion
transcutaneous
transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation
transcytose
transcytoses
transcytosis (current term)
transcytotic
transcytotic vesicle
transderivational
transderivationally
transdermal
transdermal patch
transdermal patches
transdermally
transdermals
transdermic
transdetermination
transdialect
transdialected
transdialecting

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