Etymology

spongiocyte

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Today it means: Any of the cells of the neuroglia that have spongy vacuolated protoplasm Full definition →

Latin cyta ← Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos) ← English spongio-
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The story

  1. Englishspongio-
  2. Ancient Greekκῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)
  3. Latincyta
  4. English todayspongiocyte

From spongio- + -cyte.

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