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mastocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mas-to-cyte
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

mast cell

Etymology

From German Mastzelle f, "feeding cell," coined in 1878 by immunologist Paul Ehrlich; "Mast" + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”). Not a cognate with the Ancient Greek root μαστός (mastós, “(human) breast”).

Inflected Forms

mastocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

antimastocyte mastocyotosis mastocytoma mastocytosis promastocyte

Frequently Paired Words

mastocytic

Synonyms

mast cell labrocyte

Questions

What does mastocyte mean?
mast cell
Where does mastocyte come from?
From German Mastzelle f, "feeding cell," coined in 1878 by immunologist Paul Ehrlich; "Mast" + Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “cell”). Not a cognate with the Ancient Greek root μαστός (mastós, “(human) breast”).

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