Definition of Cytostome

1. Noun. Mouth of a protozoan.

Group relationships: Protozoan, Protozoon
Generic synonyms: Mouth

Definition of Cytostome

1. Noun. (microbiology) A cellular organelle found only in certain protozoa; it is specialized for phagocytosis, and usually has the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cytostome

1. The cell "mouth" of certain complex protozoa, usually with a short gullet or cytopharynx leading food into the organism, where it is collected into food vacuoles, then circulated inside the body, eventually to be excreted through the cytopyge. Origin: cyto-+ G. Stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cytostome

cytoskeleton
cytoskeletons
cytosmear
cytosol
cytosol non-specific dipeptidase
cytosolic
cytosols
cytosome
cytosomes
cytospin
cytospins
cytostasis
cytostatic
cytostatically
cytostatics
cytostome (current term)
cytostomes
cytotactic
cytotactin
cytotaxis
cytotaxonomic
cytotaxonomies
cytotaxonomy
cytotechnologist
cytotechnologists
cytotechnology
cytotherapeutic
cytotherapy
cytothesis
cytotonic

Literary usage of Cytostome

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"In these one-celled animals there is for the first time in the animal kingdom, as we ascend from the simplest organisms, a permanent aperture (cytostome) ..."

2. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"It has a large and conspicuous slit or cytostome along one side which ... Within the cytostome is a fourth inconspicuous flagellum which seems to be ..."

3. Collected Papers (1922)
"The ventral surface presents a cup like depression which occupies the greater portion of the anterior half of the bod)'— the cytostome. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The so-called excretory or anal aperture of unicellular animals. Haeckel. cytostome (si'to-stom), n. ... [< cytostome + -«««.] Pertaining to a cytostome. ..."

5. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"Parama-cium aurelia in division; 2, separation of cytostome of new individual from old cytostome, at an earlier stage; 3, ..."

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