See Also: cytobiotaxis(medicine)

quest (oh) and cytobiotaxis (medicine)


quest (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: queste, from Latin quaestus; QUESTION1]
a long search for something that is difficult to find
quest for
::his long quest for truth
::the quest for human happiness
::World leaders are now united in their quest for peace.
in quest of sth
trying to find or get something
::They journeyed to the distant Molucca islands in quest of spices.

cytobiotaxis (medicine)


cytobiotaxis


Synonym: cytoclesis.

Origin: cyto-+ G. Bios, life, + taxis, arrangement