cyclosis

American  

[sahy-kloh-sis] / saɪˈkloʊ sɪs /

noun

Biology.

plural

cycloses

1. the movement of protoplasm within a cell.

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cyclosis British  

/ saɪˈkləʊsɪs /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• pseudocyclosis noun

Etymology

Origin of cyclosis

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

Example Sentences

I refer to what they call rotation and cyclosis.

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

Of this kind are the diagrams of electrical connexions, and those belonging to that department of geometry which treats of the degrees of cyclosis, periphraxy, linkedness and knottedness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various