cyto-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “container, receptacle”).

Prefix

cyto-

1. (biology) cell.

   ‎cyto- + ‎pathology → ‎cytopathology

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with cyto-

• cytobiosis
• cytopharmacology
• cytotoxicology

Translations

regarding cells

• Catalan: cito- (ca)
• Dutch: cyto- (nl)
• Finnish: solu- (fi), syto-
• French: cyto- (fr)
• Galician: cito- (gl)
• German: zyto- (de)
• Greek: κυτταρο- (kyttaro-)
• Irish: cíti-
• Italian: cito- (it)
• Polish: cyto- (pl)
• Portuguese: cito-
• Romanian: cito-
• Spanish: cito- (es)
• Turkish: sito-

Anagrams

• COTY, Coty

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.toː/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

cyto-

1. cyto-

Dutch terms prefixed with cyto-

French

Prefix

cyto-

1. cyto-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with cyto-

Further reading

• “cyto-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɨ.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨtɔ
• Syllabification: cy‧to

Prefix

cyto-

1. cyto-

   ‎cyto- + ‎-blast → ‎cytoblast

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with cyto-

See also

• -cyt

Further reading

• cyto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN