1. past tense and past participle of exocytose; to expel or discharge material from a cell by the fusion of vesicles with the cell membrane.
Usage: biology/cell biology; technical term

Examples

• The neurotransmitters were exocytosed from the presynaptic terminal into the synaptic cleft.
• Insulin molecules are exocytosed from pancreatic beta cells in response to elevated blood glucose.
• The cell exocytosed the protein cargo through specialized secretory vesicles.
• After the signal was received, the vesicles exocytosed their contents across the membrane.
• Hormones are continuously exocytosed by endocrine cells throughout the day.