cytula

cytula

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).

Noun

cytula (plural cytulas)

1. (biology) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.
   • 1874, Ernst Haeckel, The Evolution of Man

     It is only after fertilization is accomplished that a new cell-kernel arises in this cytod, which thus becomes the parent-cell (Cytula )

Translations

German: (please verify) Cytula, (please verify) Stammzelle (de)

References

• cytula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913