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Webster 1913 Edition

(s?′t?-bl?st)

Noun.

[Gr.

κύτοσ

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.

cytoblast ‎(plural cytoblasts)

(rare) That part of a cell (especially the nucleus) in which its development takes place