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The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. Hæckel.

A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.

Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.

Cell production or development; cytogenesis.

Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.

The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic (-pl, a.

The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. Hæckel.

The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.

A dermatophyte.

Having the quality of unloosing or separating. Clarke. Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersion produced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the…

See Dicentra.

Drought. [Obs.] Tyndale.

A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. -- E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

See Chitin.

Resembling a beetle's wing case.