Cystoplast
(Cys"to*plast) n. [Gr. bladder + to form.] (Biol.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or
cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Cystose
(Cyst"ose) a. Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.
Cystotome
(Cys"to*tome) n. [Gr. bladder + to cut: cf. F. cystotome.] (Surg.) A knife or instrument
used in cystotomy.
Cystotomy
(Cys*tot"o*my) n. [Gr. bladder + to cut: cf. F. cystotomie.] The act or practice of opening
cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.
Cytherean
(Cyth`er*e"an) a. [L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. now Cerigo, an island in the Ægean Sea,
celebrated for the worship of Venus.] Pertaining to the goddess Venus.
Cytoblast
(Cy"to*blast) n. [Gr. hollow vessel + -blast.] (Biol.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or
active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.
Cytoblastema
(Cy`to*blas*te"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. hollow vessel + growth.] (Biol.) See Protoplasm.
Cytococcus
(Cy`to*coc"cus) n.; pl. Cytococci [NL., fr. Gr. hollow vessel + kernel.] (Biol.) The nucleus
of the cytula or parent cell. Hæckel.
Cytode
(Cy"tode) n. [Gr. hollow vessel, from . See Cyst.] (Biol.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm,
the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.
Cytogenesis
(Cy`to*gen"e*sis) n. [Gr. hollow vessel + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Development of cells in
animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development,
under Cell.
Cytogenic
(Cy`to*gen"ic) Cytogenetic
(Cy`to*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or
cell development.
Cytogenous
(Cy*tog"e*nous) a. (Anat.) Producing cells; — applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.
Cytogeny
(Cy*tog"e*ny) n . (Biol.) Cell production or development; cytogenesis.
Cytoid
(Cy"toid) a. [Gr. hollow vessel + -oid.] (Physiol.) Cell-like; — applied to the corpuscles of lymph,
blood, chyle, etc.
Cytoplasm
(Cy"to*plasm) n. [Gr. hollow vessel + a mold.] (Biol.) The substance of the body of a cell,
as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. — Cy`to*plas"mic a.
Cytula
(||Cyt"u*la) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from
the development of which the child or other organism is formed. Hæckel.
Czar
(Czar) n. [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar Cæsar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ] A king; a chief; the title of
the emperor of Russia. [Written also tzar.]
Czarevna
(Cza*rev"na) n. [Russ. tsarevna.] The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
Czarina
(Cza*ri"na) n. [Cf. G. Zarin, Czarin, fem., Russ. tsaritsa.] The title of the empress of Russia.
Czarinian
(Cza*rin"i*an) a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.
Czarish
(Czar"ish) a. Of or pertaining to the czar.
