Cyte

Morpheme

Cyte

Type

bound base

Denotation

cytosine, heterocyclic base that pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA

Etymology

from cytosine (<Cytose + -in(e)>); Ancient Greek kýtos

Evidence

azacytidine, cytidine, cytidyl, cytidylate, cytidylic, deoxycytidine, dideoxycytidine, methylcytidine, polycytidine

See Also

Cytose

Homographs

Cyte