cyclolysis

[ sahy-klol-uh-sis ]

nounMeteorology.
  1. the weakening or extinction of a cyclone, usually in simultaneous occurrence with an increase in atmospheric pressure:the net effect of surface cooling on cyclolysis at any level within the atmosphere.

Origin of cyclolysis

1
First recorded in 1915–20; cycl(one) + -o- -lysis

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