cystocytes

cystocytes
n. pl. [Gr. kystis, bladder; kytos, container]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. A type of specialized granular hemocyte that has a small, sharply defined nucleus and a pale, hyaline cytoplasm containing black granules; coagulocytes; see granulocyte.
2. Has also been applied as cells that enclose gonadial germ cells, follicle cells of an ovary, and cyst cell of the testis.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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