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cyclosis

American

[sahy-kloh-sis] / saɪˈkloʊ sɪs /

noun

Biology.

plural

cycloses

the movement of protoplasm within a cell.

cyclosis British

/ saɪˈkləʊsɪs /

noun

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

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I refer to what they call rotation and cyclosis.

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