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Webster 1913 Edition

(s?′t?d)

Noun.

[Gr.

κύτοσ

hollow vessel, from [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK]. See

(Biol.)

A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the

amoeba

, in which nuclei are present.

cytode ‎(plural cytodes)

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