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 kwel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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