Cyte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /saɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cyte is a noun meaning (biology, rare) Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”).
Meaning
(biology, rare) Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”).
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of city.
Example Sentences
The low form elements devoid of a nucleus were in 1866 by Hæckel (Generelle Morphologie der Organismen 1866, vol. 1, p. 270) called cytodes (cell like) to distinguish them from cytes or cells.
Word Forms
- cytes
Synonyms for cyte
Depending on context, synonyms include cell.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cytol, cytesin, citoarchitecture, corticocyte, cymelet, cytograph.
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