Etymology

cytode

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Today it means: A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present Full definition →

Ancient Greek κύτος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκύτος“hollow vessel”
  2. English todaycytode

Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”). Proposed by Ernst Haeckel.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκύτος all →

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