<hw>Cys"to*lith</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?-l?th)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A urinary calculus.</def>
<h1>Cystolithic</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cys`to*lith"ic</hw> <tt>(-l?th"?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relating to stone in the bladder.</def>
<h1>Cystoplast</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cys"to*plast</hw> <tt>(-pl?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/ to form.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.</def>
<h1>Cystose</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cyst"ose</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?s)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.</def>
<h1>Cystotome</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cys"to*tome</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?-t?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/<?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>cystotome</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.</def>
<h1>Cystotomy</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cys*tot"o*my</hw> <tt>(s??s-t?t"?-m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/<?/ to cut: cf. F. <ets>cystotomie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.</def>
<h1>Cytherean</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cyth`er*e"an</hw> <tt>(s?th`?r--?"<it>a</it>n)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cythereus</ets>, from <ets>Cythera</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/, now <ets>Cerigo</ets>, an island in the \'92gean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to the goddess Venus.</def>
<h1>Cytoblast</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cy"to*blast</hw> <tt>(s?"t?-bl?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ hollow vessel + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.</def>
<h1>Cytoblastema</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cy`to*blas*te"ma</hw> <tt>(-bl?s-t?"m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ hollow vessel + <?/<?/<?/<?/ growth.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Protoplasm</er>.</def>
<h1>Cytococcus</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cy`to*coc"cus</hw> <tt>(-k?k"k?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cytococci</plw> <tt>(-s<?/)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ hollow vessel + <?/<?/<?/<?/ kernel.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.</def>
<i>H\'91ckel.</i>
<h1>Cytode</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cy"tode</hw> <tt>(s?"t?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ hollow vessel, from <?/<?/<?/<?/. See <er>Cyst</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the <i>amoeba</i>, in which nuclei are present.</def>
<h1>Cytogenesis</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw>Cy`to*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(s?`t?-j?n"?-s?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ hollow vessel + E. <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See <er>Gemmation</er>, <er>Budding</er>, <er>Karyokinesis</er>; also <i>Cell development</i>, under <er>Cell</er>.</def>
<h1>Cytogenic st-jnk, Cytogenetic</h1> <Xpage=363>
<hw><hw>Cy`to*gen"ic</hw> <tt>(s?`t?-j?n"?k)</tt>, <hw>Cy`to*ge*net"ic</hw> <tt>(-j?-n?t"?k)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to <i>cytogenesis</i> or cell development.</def>
<h1>Cytogenous</h1> <Xpage=363>
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