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单词 -cyte
释义

-cytecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -cyte.
Etymology: < French -cyte (formations in which are found from the mid 19th cent.; earliest in myélocyte myelocyte n.) < ancient Greek κύτος hollow, receptacle (see cyto- comb. form). Compare German -cyt , -zyt (formations in which are found from the second half of the 19th cent.; compare Phagocyt phagocyte n.). Compare earlier cyto- comb. form.Earliest in the mid 19th cent. in an adaptation of a French word (see myelocyte n.); independent formations are found in the second half of the 19th cent. (e.g. pneumocyte n., megalocyte n.). Combined with first elements ultimately of Greek (or occasionally Latin) origin.
Biology.
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Forming the names of cells of different types or appearances, as myelocyte, leucocyte, microcyte, poikilocyte, etc.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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