cyclosis

[ sahy-kloh-sis ]

noun

, Biology.

, plural cy·clo·ses [sahy-, kloh, -seez].

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 Words From

• pseudo·cy·closis noun plural pseudocycloses

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

Cyclosis, sī-klō′sis, n. circulation, as of blood.

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I refer to what they call rotation and cyclosis.

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Cyclosis, circulation in closed cells, 149.

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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.

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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.

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