cell: lymphocyte
Origin of -cyte
from Classical Greek kytos, a hollow; akin to Classical Latin cutis: see cuticle-cyte
-cyte
suffix
The definition of cyte is cell.
An example of cyte used as a suffix is in the word hemocyte.
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suffix
Cell: leukocyte.
Origin of -cyte
New Latin -cyta from Greek kutos hollow vessel ; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- Obsolete spelling of city.
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