cytula

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).

Noun

cytula (plural cytulas)

(biology) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.
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Translations

German: ^{(please verify)} Cytula, ^{(please verify)} Stammzelle (de)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cytula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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