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a combining form meaning “cell,” used in the formation of compound words: cytoplasm.
Also, cyte-; especially before a vowel, cyt-.

Origin:
< Gk kyto-, comb. form of kýtos container, receptacle, body
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cyto- or cyt-  
pref.  Cell: cytoplasm.

[From Greek kutos, hollow vessel; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

cyto- 
from Gk. kytos "a hollow, receptacle, basket" (from PIE *ku-ti-, from base *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal;" see hide (n.1)); used in modern science since c.1859 for "cell," perhaps especially from the sense (in Aristophanes) of "a cell of a hive of wasps or bees."
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Medical Dictionary

cyto- or cyt-
pref.
Cell: cytoplasm.

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Science Dictionary
cyto-  
A prefix meaning "cell," as in the word cytoplasm.
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