Etymograph

English

electrocyte

From electro- + -cyte.

Formed from electro + cyte

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος ‘hollow”, “vessel’

English cyte

Today it means

noun A modified striated muscle cell that does not contract, but produces electric signals; the component of the electric organ in some fish.

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Etymograph / electrocyte