"cyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /saɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sʌɪt/ [UK] Forms: cytes [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪt, -ʌɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kútos, “hollow”, “vessel”); compare -cyte. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|κῠ́τος||hollow”, “vessel}} Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kútos, “hollow”, “vessel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cyte (plural cytes)
  1. (biology, rare) Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”) Tags: rare Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: cell [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cyte-en-noun-iE7mGuRb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: cytes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cyte (plural cytes)
  1. Obsolete form of city. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: city
    Sense id: en-cyte-en-noun-L6iGRuNn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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