Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume C

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 Ęgean 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. Hęckel.

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.