English Explanatory Dictionary

zeiosis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The formation of blebs.

Word forms

zeiosis

Etymology

Coined by Costero and Pomerat (1951), 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".

Synonyms

blebbing
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