cytomorphosis

cytomorphosis
Changes that the cell undergoes during the various stages of its existence. SEE ALSO: prosoplasia. [cyto- + G. morphosis, a shaping]

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cy·to·mor·pho·sis .sīt-ō-'mȯr-fə-səsalso -mȯr-'fō- n, pl -pho·ses -.sēz the series of developmental changes undergone by a cell during its life

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n.
the changes undergone by a cell in the course of its life cycle.

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cy·to·mor·pho·sis (si″to-mor-foґsis) [cyto- + morphosis] the series of changes through which cells go in the process of formation, development, senescence, etc.

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