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cytode

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Etymology

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

Noun

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cytode (plural cytodes)

  1. (biology) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present

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