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cy·clo·sis

C0837100 (sī-klō′sĭs)n. pl. cy·clo·ses (-sēz) The streaming rotary motion of protoplasm within certain cells and one-celled organisms.

[New Latin, from Greek kuklōsis, a surrounding, from kukloun, to surround, from kuklos, circle; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots.]

cyclosis

(saɪˈkləʊsɪs) n, pl -ses (-siːz) (Biology) biology the circulation of cytoplasm or cell organelles, such as food vacuoles in some protozoans[C19: from Greek kuklōsis an encircling, from kukloun to surround, from kuklos circle]

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n. 1. an act or instance of flowing. 2. rapid flowing of cytoplasm within a cell; cyclosis. 3. Computers. a technology for transferring data so that it can be received and processed in a steady stream: live streaming video. [1350–1400]

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cyclosis - the circulation of cytoplasm within a cellstreamingorganic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals

cyclosis

(sīklō`sĭs), streaming of cytoplasm within a living cell without deformation of the external cell membrane. In some plant cells there is a rapid rotatory cytoplasmic movement, which is limited to the peripheral parts of the cell next to the cell wall; chloroplasts and granules move in this stream. This movement may be increased by light, and is dependent on temperature and pH. Auxins, or growth hormones, may also increase the rate of movement. Specialized cell components, microtubules, may direct the flow or may serve as a framework upon which the streaming occurs. Examples of cells in which cyclosis can be seen are the leaf cells of small aquatic plants, such as Elodea, and root hair cells of many plants. In some protozoansprotozoan
, informal term for the unicellular heterotrophs of the kingdom Protista. Protozoans comprise a large, diverse assortment of microscopic or near-microscopic organisms that live as single cells or in simple colonies and that show no differentiation into tissues.
..... Click the link for more information. , e.g., the ciliates, slower cyclotic movements transport digestive vacuoles through the cell body.

cyclosis

[sī′klō·səs] (cell and molecular biology) Massive rotational streaming of cytoplasm in certain vacuolated cells, such as the stonewort Nitella and Paramecium.

cyclosis

[si-klo´sis] movement of the cytoplasm within a cell, without external deformation of the cell wall.

cy·clo·sis

(sī-klō'sis), The movement of the protoplasm and contained plastids within the protozoan cell. [G., fr. kykloō, to move around]

cyclosis

(sī-klō′sĭs)n. pl. cyclo·ses (-sēz) The streaming rotary motion of protoplasm within certain cells and one-celled organisms.

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see CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING.

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noun the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell

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