English
macrocystmacrocyst
From macro- + cyst.
Formed from macro- + cyst
Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to increase’
Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós ‘lean, meager’
Proto-Hellenic *makrós
Ancient Greek μακρός ‘long’
English macro-
Ancient Greek κύστις ‘anatomical sac’
Late Latin cystis
English cyst
Today it means
noun An aggregate of cells of Dictyosteliida formed during sexual reproduction enclosed in a cellulose wall
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Etymograph / macrocyst
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