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cyclosis

American  
[sahy-kloh-sis] / saɪˈkloʊ sɪs /

noun

Biology.

plural

cycloses

  1. the movement of protoplasm within a cell.

cyclosis British  
/ saɪˈkləʊsɪs /

noun

  1. biology the circulation of cytoplasm or cell organelles, such as food vacuoles in some protozoans

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Origin of cyclosis

First recorded in 1825–35, cyclosis is from the Greek word kýklōsis an encircling. See cycl-, -osis

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All the varieties of Chara are interesting to the microscopist, as showing the phenomenon of the circulation of the sap, or Cyclosis.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various

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