CYTOBLAST
\sˈa͡ɪtəblˌast], \sˈaɪtəblˌast], \s_ˈaɪ_t_ə_b_l_ˌa_s_t]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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.A granule, from which all animal and vegetable bodies are presumed to be formed. When the nucleus or cytoblast forms cell, and is attached to its walls, the germinal cell, thus formed, is called a nucleated cell. When the nucleus contains simple granule, the latter is termed a nucleolus, (F.) Nucleole, Nucleolule.
By Robley Dunglison
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