gymnocytode

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noun

A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.

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Meanings

noungymnocytode (plural gymnocytodes)

plural gymnocytodes

  1. biologyA cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.

    The gymnocytode invests itself with a membrane, and is thus converted into a leptocytode

    1872, The Monthly Microscopic Journal

Origin

From gymno- + cytode.

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