Category: C

Substances having an affinity for cells.  

Chemicals that destroy cells or prevent their multiplication are used in cancer chemotherapy. Chemicals that destroy specific cells; streptozotocin is an example. This agent destroys the insulin- producing P cells of the pancreas. Any drug that destroys cells or prevents them from multiplying. Cytotoxic agents are used to treat cancers and severe immunological disorders (e.g.,…

In biology, an opening into the gullet or cytopharynx of microzoa through which food passes in holozoic nutrition. Literally, cell mouth. The body of a cell, not including the nucleus. The part of a cell that is outside the nucleus. The portion of a cell exclusive of the nucleus.  

Wrinkling of the schizophyte cell wall as a result of lacing the cell in a hypertonic solution.  

Hereditary transmission dependent upon the cytoplasm or structures in the cytoplasm rather than the nuclear genes. The inheritance of characters controlled by factors present in the cell cytoplasm rather than by genes on the chromosomes in the cell nucleus. Cytoplasmic inheritance is known to occur in lower animals and in plants but has not so…

Pertaining to or contained in the cytoplasm. Referring to the cytoplasm of a cell.  

The series of changes through which cells go in the process of formation, development, and senescence. The changes undergone by a cell in the course of its life cycle.  

A substance that destroys cells. An antibody that causes disintegration of cells.  

The thick-walled resistant stage by means of which parasitic microzoa spread from host to host.  

An examination of the interior of the urinary bladder by use of a cystoscope. An examination of the bladder using a cystoscope. Examination of the urinary bladder by means of an instrument (cytoscope) inserted into it through the urethra. Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder using a fiberoptic scope. Direct visual exam of…