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2. Noun. (biology countable) A type of cellular organelle which is enclosed by a membrane. ¹

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Definition of Cytosome

1. the part of a cell outside the nucleus [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cytosome

1. A specialised region of various protozoans in which phagocytosis is likely to occur. Often there is a clear concentration of microtubules or/and microfilaments in the region of the cytostome. In ciliates there may be a specialised arrangement of cilia around the cytostome. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytosome

Literary usage of Cytosome

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Lectures, Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1894)
"Surrounding the cytosome, there is a membrane known as the cell-membrane or ... It may exist as a thickened border of the cytosome or as a distinct membrane ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The cell is stated to be composed of the " nucleus " and " cytoplasm " —a structure and a substance, instead of nucleus and cytosome—structural subdivisions ..."

3. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"... not by the state of the cell surface primarily, but by the relation of the pigment, especially when in the form of droplets, to the cytosome as a whole. ..."

4. The Kansas University Science Bulletin by University of Kansas (1902)
"... the size of the definitive chromosomes of the metaphase, the nuclear membrane disappears and distinction between cytosome and nucleus is lost. ..."

5. Bacteriology for Nurses by Mary Alice Smeeton (1920)
"Occasionally there is a definite grooved opening or cytosome for the entrance of food. Pseudopodia may develop during one phase of existence, ..."

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