-cyte
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Cell:
细胞：
leukocyte.
白血球
语源
- New Latin -cyta
现代拉丁语 -cyta - from Greek kutos [hollow vessel] * see (s)keu-
源自 希腊语 kutos [空心导管] *参见 (s)keu-
-cyte
combining form in countable noun
indicating a cell
⇒
spermatocyte
Origin
from New Latin -cyta, from Greek kutos container, body, hollow vessel-cyte
1
variant of cyto- as final element in a compound word:
leucocyte.
Related Words
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-cytea word element referring to cells or corpuscles, as in leukocyte.
[combining form representing Greek kytos container]-cyte
noun combining form
leukocyte
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -cyta, from Greek kytos hollow vessel
: cellleukocyte
-cyte
combining form
- Biology denoting a mature cell【生化】表示“成熟细胞”：
-
lymphocyte.
比较
-BLAST .
词源
from Greek kutos 'vessel'.
☞ cyt, cyto, -cyte
ORIGIN: from Greek kutos receptacle.
-cyte
combining form. a cell:
Leucocyte = a white (blood) cell.
[< Greek kýtos anything hollow]
-cyte
\ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -cyta, from Greek kytos hollow vessel
: cell
< leukocyte >
< pericyte >
< leukocyte >
< pericyte >
-cyte
Suffix
- Used to form cell names and classifications for mature cells.
Etymology
From New Latin cyta, from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, jar”).
Related terms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -cyte