procyclic

English

Etymology

From pro- +‎ cyclic.

Adjective

procyclic (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) That generates a cycle
2. (biology) That generates or sustains a life cycle

Translations

that generates a cycle

French: procyclique (fr) Italian: prociclico

See also

• metacyclic
• procyclical

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