zeiosis
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