| cytologic smear | A type of cytologic specimen made by smearing a sample (obtained by a variety of methods from a number of sites), then fixing it and staining it, usually with 95% ethyl alcohol and Papanicolaou stain. Synonym: cytosmear. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cytologic specimen | A specimen obtainable by a variety of methods from many areas of the body, including the female genital tract, respiratory tract, urinary tract, alimentary tract, and body cavities; used for cytologic examination and diagnosis (e.g., cytologic smears, filter preparations, centrifuged buttons). (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytologist | One who specialises in cytology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytology | <study> The study of cells. Implies the use of light or electron microscopic methods for the study of morphology. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cytology brush | A small brush which is used to collect cells during the course of a biopsy. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cytolymph | An obsolete term for hyaloplasm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytolysin | A substance i.e., an antibody that effects partial or complete destruction of an animal cell; may require complement. See: perforin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytolysis | Cell lysis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cytolysosome | <cell biology> Membrane bounded region of cytoplasm that is subsequently digested. Origin: Gr. Soma = body (18 Nov 1997) |
| cytolytic | Pertaining to cytolysis; possessing a solvent or destructive action on cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytoma | <oncology, tumour> General term for a cell tumour, such as a sarcoma. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cytomatrix | A fluid cytoplasmic substance filling the interstices of the cytoskeleton. Synonym: cell matrix, cytomatrix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytomegalic | Describes a condition or disease characterised by abnormally enlarged cells. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cytomegalic cells | Cell's containing large intranuclear and intracytoplasmic cytomegalic inclusion bodies caused by cytomegalovirus; a member of the family Herpesviridae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cytomegalic inclusion disease | <disease> An illness in newborns caused by viral infection, symptoms includefever, cellular enlargement, microscopically-visible clumps of viralparticles or proteins in the cytoplasm and nuclei of affected cells, enlargementof the spleen and liver. Long-term effects of the disease may includemental retardation. (09 Oct 1997) |