cytoid, a. Biol.
(ˈsaɪtɔɪd)
[f. as cytode + -oid.]
Of the nature of a cell; cell-like. Also n.
| 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 17 note, No morphological unit, nor even any cell-like or ‘cytoid’ body, can have been at work. Ibid. 18 Chauveau's experiments..shew that in the absence, if not of certain animal cells, still of certain animal ‘cytoids’ or ‘leucocytes’, the vaccine poison is inoperative. 1882 Syd. Soc. Lex., Cytoid corpuscles, Henle's term for Leucocytes. |