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cytosome
<cell biology> A specialised region of various protozoans in which phagocytosis is likely to occur.

Often there is a clear concentration of microtubules or/and microfilaments in the region of the cytostome. In ciliates there may be a specialised arrangement of cilia around the cytostome.