Plural form of cytula, referring to multiple small cells or early developmental cell stages.
From cytula + -e (Latin plural suffix). The regular Latin plural of the diminutive form, used in older embryological texts.
Reading older embryology texts, you'll encounter cytulae scattered throughout—it's a beautiful linguistic window into how scientists once thought about the tiniest stages of life, when everything seemed like 'tiny cells' before they developed better microscopic techniques to see what was really happening.
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