zeiosis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Costero and Pomerat (1951),[1] who refer it to Ancient Greek ζείω (zeíō), alternative form of ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + -osis. The authentic Ancient Greek term would be ζέσις (zésis, “boiling”).
The derivation was chosen because blebs are said to "resemble the behavior of a very dense fluid under intense boiling".
Noun[edit]
zeiosis (uncountable)
References[edit]
- ^ I. Costero and C. M. Pomerat (1951) “Cultivation of neurons from the adult human cerebral and cerebellar cortex”, in American Journal of Anatomy, volume 89, number 3, , pages 405–467