cytoid
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos, “hollow”, “vessel”) + -oid.
Adjective
cytoid (comparative more cytoid, superlative most cytoid)
- (physiology) cell-like; applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.
- clumped cytoid bodies
- cytoid corpuscules
References
- “cytoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.