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cytocysts

cytocysts is the plural of cytocyst.

Meaning of cytocyst

Noun

cytocyst (plural cytocysts)

  1. A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
    • He describes the parasite as occurring in the polymorphonuclear leucocytes, and as consisting of a very characteristic oblong, nucleated, unpigmented body contained in a definite capsule or cytocyst, formed from the body substance of the leucocyte in which the parasite is situated.1906, Scientific Memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary Departments of the Government of India, number 26

Questions about cytocysts

What is cytocysts the plural of?
Cytocysts is the plural of cytocyst.

Words near cytocysts in the dictionary

  1. cytocortex
  2. cytocortical
  3. cytocrine
  4. cytocuprein
  5. cytocyst
  6. cytocysts
  7. cytode
  8. cytodegeneration
  9. cytodegenerative
  10. cytodeme
  11. cytodemes

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