- dicty-
- or dictyo-
combining form
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek dikty-, diktyo-, from diktyon, from dikein to throw
net <dictyostele> <dictyosome>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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