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cytoclastic

cytoclastic adjective: tending to destroy cells.

Adjective

cytoclastic (comparative more cytoclastic, superlative most cytoclastic)

  1. Tending to destroy cells
  2. Relating to cytoclasis

Forms of cytoclastic

comparativemore cytoclastic
superlativemost cytoclastic

Origin of cytoclastic

From cytoclasis + -ic, equivalent to cyto- + -clast + -ic.

Words formed from cytoclastic

Questions about cytoclastic

What does cytoclastic mean?
Cytoclastic means tending to destroy cells.
What part of speech is cytoclastic?
Cytoclastic is an adjective.

Words near cytoclastic in the dictionary

  1. cytocidal
  2. cytocide
  3. cytocides
  4. cytocine
  5. cytoclasis
  6. cytoclastic
  7. cytoclesis
  8. cytococci
  9. cytococcus
  10. cytocochleogram
  11. cytocochleograms

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