cytode
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”). Proposed by Ernst Haeckel.
Noun
[edit]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