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cybrid

British  
/ ˈsaɪbrɪd /

noun

  1. a hybrid cell, being a fusion of a whole cell with a cytoplasm, containing a nuclear genome from one source and a mitochondrial genome from another

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cybrid Scientific  
/ sībrĭd′ /
  1. An artificially produced cell that has nuclear DNA from one source and cytoplasmic DNA from another, such as a nonhuman animal cell that has had its nucleus replaced by the nucleus of a human somatic cell.

  2. A cell line or organism developed from a cybrid cell.


Etymology

Origin of cybrid

c21: from cy(toplasmic) + (hy)brid

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