| cytogenetics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of heredity using the sciences of cytology and genetics. |
| cytokine |
any of a group of secretory proteins involved in intercellular communication, some of which stimulate the immune response. |
| cytokine storm |
a severe immune reaction of the body in which cytokines, which normally help in the process of fighting infection, are released in overwhelming numbers and begin to attack healthy cells. |
| cytology |
the branch of biology concerned with the structures and processes internal to cells. [2 definitions] |
| cytomegalovirus |
any of a group of herpesviruses typically causing mild symptoms or no symptoms in healthy individuals, but capable of causing potentially life-threatening symptoms, including pneumonia and brain inflammation, in newborns and immunocompromised individuals, abbreviated CMV. |
| cytoplasm |
the ground protoplasm of cells that is outside the nucleus. [2 definitions] |
| cytoplast |
the cytoplasmic structure of a cell. |
| cytosine |
the pyrimidine base of the nucleotide cytidine, an essential component of the genetic material DNA and RNA. |
| cytotoxic |
toxic to cells. |
| czar |
a king or ruler, esp. the emperor of historic Russia. [3 definitions] |
| czardas |
a Hungarian dance in two movements, the first slow and the second fast, or music for this dance. |
| czarevitch |
the eldest son of a czar. |
| czarevna |
a daughter of a czar. |
| czarina |
the wife of a czar. |
| czarism |
autocratic rule; tyranny. |
| czarist |
of, concerning, or resembling a czar or the government headed by a czar. [3 definitions] |
| Czech |
a Slavic native of the Czech Republic, or a descendant thereof. [3 definitions] |
| Czechia |
the official shortened name for the Czech Republic, a Central European republic bordered by Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Austria. |
| Czechoslovak |
a native or citizen of former Czechoslovakia, or a descendant thereof. [2 definitions] |
| Czechoslovakia |
formerly, a European country south of Poland, which, in 1993, divided into the Czech and Slovak Republics; Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. |
| Czech Republic |
since 1993, a Central European republic bordered by Germany, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Austria; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; Czechia. |