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Definition of Cytostome
1. Noun. Mouth of a protozoan.
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)
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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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