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Cys"to*plast (-pl?st), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; bladder + &?;&?;&?; to form.] (Biol.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

Cyst"ose (s?s"t?s), a. Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

Cys"to*tome (s?s"t?-t?m), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; bladder + &?;&?;&?;&?; to cut: cf. F. cystotome.] (Surg.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

Cys*tot"o*my (s??s-t?t"?-m?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; bladder + &?;&?;&?;&?; to cut: cf. F. cystotomie.] The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

Cyth`er*e"an (s?th`?r--?"an), a. [L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. &?;&?;&?;, now Cerigo, an island in the Ăgean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus.] Pertaining to the goddess Venus.

Cy"to*blast (s?"t?-bl?st), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + -blast.] (Biol.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.

Cy`to*blas*te"ma (-bl?s-t?"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + &?;&?;&?;&?; growth.] (Biol.) See Protoplasm.

Cy`to*coc"cus (-k?k"k?s), n.; pl. Cytococci (-s&?;). [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + &?;&?;&?;&?; kernel.] (Biol.) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. HŠckel.

Cy"tode (s?"t?d), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; hollow vessel, from &?;&?;&?;&?;. See Cyst.] (Biol.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

Cy`to*gen"e*sis (s?`t?-j?n"?-s?s), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + E. genesis.] (Biol.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

{ Cy`to*gen"ic (s?`t?-j?n"?k), Cy`to*ge*net"ic (-j?-n?t"?k), } a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.

Cy*tog"e*nous (s?-t?j"?-n?s), a. (Anat.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.

Cy*tog"e*ny (-n?), n . (Biol.) Cell production or development; cytogenesis.

Cy"toid (s?"toid), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + -oid.] (Physiol.) Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.

Cy"to*plasm (s?"t?-pl?z'm), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; hollow vessel + &?;&?;&?;&?; a mold.] (Biol.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic (-pl&?;z"m&?;k), a.

||Cyt"u*la (s?t"?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. HŠckel.

Czar (zńr), n. [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar CŠsar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ] A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written also tzar.]

Cza*rev"na (z?-r?v"n?), n. [Russ. tsarevna.] The title of the wife of the czarowitz.

Cza*ri"na (z?-r?"n?), n. [Cf. G. Zarin, Czarin, fem., Russ. tsaritsa.] The title of the empress of Russia.

Cza*rin"i*an (z?-r?n"?-an), a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.

Czar"ish (z?r"?sh), a. Of or pertaining to the czar.

Czar"o*witz (z?r"?-w?ts or t??r"?-v?ch), n.; pl. Czarowitzes (- &?;z). [Russ. tsarÚvich'.] The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia.

Czech (ch?k; 204), n. 1. One of the Czechs.

2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

Czech"ic (ch?k"?k), a. Of or pertaining to the Czechs. "One Czechic realm." The Nation.

Czechs (ch?ks), n. pl.; sing. Czech. [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.