Energide

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As energids ( ancient Greek ἐενεργός , active, active ' , plural Energiden ) is the physiological unit from the nucleus and its surrounding cytoplasm called. The term was first introduced into biology in 1892 by the botanist Julius Sachs and has also been used in developmental physiology by Max Hartmann since 1909 .

Cells can be mononuclear ( monoenergid ) or polynuclear ( polyenergid ). In the case of polyenergid cells, one often speaks of a syncytium , especially when originally monoenergid cells are subsequently fused to polyenergid.

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