cytoblast
/ˈsʌɪtə(ʊ)blɑːst/ /ˈsʌɪtə(ʊ)blast/Biology. Now historical
noun
The nucleus of a cell.
- The term was introduced by Schleiden on the supposition that the cytoblast was a germ from which the cell develops..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From cyto- + -blast, after German Cytoblast.