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cytomorphosis
cytomorphosis n. 
/ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)mɔːˈfəʊsɪs/,
Brit. /ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfəsɪs/
, /ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈmɔːfəsɪs//ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)mɔːˈfəʊsɪs/U.S. /ˌsaɪdoʊˈmɔrfəsəs/
the series of structural changes undergone by a cell during its lifetime; (later also) cytodifferentiation./ˌsaɪdoʊˈmɔrfəsəs/ΘΚΠ
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cytomorphosis1901
hemixis1936
transformation1943
1901 C. S. Minot in Science 29 Mar. 494/1 Accordingly, I wish to propose the new term cytomorphosis to designate comprehensively all the structural alterations which cells, or successive generations of cells, may undergo from the earliest undifferentiated stage to their final destruction.
1968 W. Bloom & D. W. Fawcett Textbk. Histol. (ed. 9) ix. 219/1 The cartilage cells in a center of ossification undergo a regular sequence of changes referred to as the cytomorphosis of the cartilage cells.
1988 Biol. Bull. 175 65/1 The cytomorphosis of sensory cells is characterized by the appearance of a single apical cilium, microtubules, mitochondria.., and neurites.
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