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noun
A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei and enclosed in a membrane but no internal cell boundaries (as in muscle fibers)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cytoplasm, cytol
History
From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κύτος (kútos, “vessel, cell”).
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
