-cytosiscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. rhopheocytosis n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: -cyte comb. form, -osis suffix.

Etymology: < -cyte comb. form + -osis suffix, originally after German -cytose (formations in which are found from the second half of the 19th cent.; earliest in Poikilocytose poikilocytosis n.). Compare French -cytose (formations in which are found from the late 19th cent.).Found from the late 19th cent.; earliest in poikilocytosis n., after German. In sense 2 after formations in -osis suffix on nouns in -cyte comb. form, e.g. phagocytosis n. Combining chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin.

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1. Medicine. Forming terms denoting the presence of cells of a nature, number, etc., specified by the first element, as anisocytosis, pleocytosis, poikilocytosis, etc.

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2. Cell Biology. Forming terms denoting functions carried out by cells, as endocytosis, pinocytosis, etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-cytosis
释义	-cytosiscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. rhopheocytosis n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: -cyte comb. form, -osis suffix. Etymology: < -cyte comb. form + -osis suffix, originally after German -cytose (formations in which are found from the second half of the 19th cent.; earliest in Poikilocytose poikilocytosis n.). Compare French -cytose (formations in which are found from the late 19th cent.).Found from the late 19th cent.; earliest in poikilocytosis n., after German. In sense 2 after formations in -osis suffix on nouns in -cyte comb. form, e.g. phagocytosis n. Combining chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Categories » 1. Medicine. Forming terms denoting the presence of cells of a nature, number, etc., specified by the first element, as anisocytosis, pleocytosis, poikilocytosis, etc. Categories » 2. Cell Biology. Forming terms denoting functions carried out by cells, as endocytosis, pinocytosis, etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < comb. form
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