cytaster

[ sahy-tas-ter, sahy-tas- ]
/ saɪˈtæs tər, ˈsaɪ tæs- /

noun Biology.

aster.

Origin of cytaster

First recorded in 1890–95; cyt(o)- + -aster2

Words nearby cytaster

cystourethrogram, cystourethrography, cystourethroscope, cytapheresis, cytarabine, cytaster, cythera, cytherea, cytherean, cytidine, cytidine 5-triphosphate

British Dictionary definitions for cytaster

cytaster
/ (saɪˈtæstə, ˈsaɪtæs-) /

noun

cytology another word for aster (def. 3)

Word Origin for cytaster

C19: from cyto- + aster