What it means
The combining form used in words about cells. It appears at the start of words (cytology, the study of cells; cytotoxic, poisonous to cells) and, as -cyte, at the end: an erythrocyte is a red blood cellred blud selA blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues; also called an erythrocyte.Full entry , a leukocyte is a white blood cell and a thrombocyte is a plateletPLAYT-litA tiny cell fragment in the blood that sticks together at a wound to help form a clot.Full entry . thrombocytopeniathrom-boh-sy-toh-PEE-nee-uhA blood platelet count below normal, under 150,000/mm3.thromb/o clotcyt/o cell-penia lack, too fewFull entry means too few platelets.
At a glance
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