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procyclic

procyclic adjective: that generates a cycle.

Adjective

procyclic (not comparable)

  1. That generates a cycle
  2. That generates or sustains a life cycle

Noun

procyclic (plural procyclics)

  1. A form of a trypanosome (at the beginning of its life cycle) that lives in the midgut of its host

Forms of procyclic

pluralprocyclics

Origin of procyclic

From pro- + cyclic.

Questions about procyclic

What does procyclic mean?
Procyclic means that generates a cycle.
What part of speech is procyclic?
Procyclic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near procyclic in the dictionary

  1. procuticles
  2. procuticular
  3. procyanidin
  4. procyanidins
  5. procyanidolic
  6. procyclic
  7. procyclical
  8. procyclicalities
  9. procyclicality
  10. procyclically
  11. procyclics

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