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Webster 1913 Edition


Cytula


Cyt′u-la

(s?t′?-l?)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κύτοσ
a hollow vessel.]
(Biol.)
The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed.
Hæckel.

Definition 2024


cytula

cytula

English

Noun

cytula (plural cytulas)

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