cyclosis

[sahy-kloh-sis]

noun

Biology.

plural

cycloses 

1. the movement of protoplasm within a cell.

cyclosis

/ saɪˈkləʊsɪs /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• pseudocyclosis noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclosis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclosis¹

C19: from Greek kuklōsis an encircling, from kukloun to surround, from kuklos circle

Example Sentences

I refer to what they call rotation and cyclosis.

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