cytomorphosis

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English

Etymology

cyto- +‎ morphosis

Noun

cytomorphosis (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The changes in form of a cell as it develops.
    • 2015 July 17, Qiong Gao et al., “Transcriptome Analysis and Discovery of Genes Involved in Immune Pathways from Coelomocytes of Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) after Vibrio splendidus Challenge”, in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, volume 16, →DOI:
      Endocytosis is a process which brings extracellular large molecules or other cells (like bacteria) into the cell interior by cytomorphosis.