athrocytosis
noun
ath·ro·cy·to·sis
ˌath-rə-sī-ˈtō-səs
plural athrocytoses
-ˌsēz
: the capacity of some cells (as of the proximal convoluted tubule of the kidney) to pick up foreign material and store it in granular form in the cytoplasm
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