1. in a manner relating to or by means of pinocytosis (the process by which a cell engulfs liquid or small particles into vesicles)
Usage: technical; biology

Examples

• The cell membrane invaginated pinocytotically to absorb the nutrient solution.
• Cells take up small molecules pinocytotically through the formation of tiny vesicles.
• The endocytic pathway functions pinocytotically to internalize extracellular fluid.
• Pinocytotically mediated uptake allows cells to sample their environment.
• The epithelial cells transported the marker compound pinocytotically across the tissue barrier.