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Somatic cell
Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
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Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cell typenoun | (cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell |
| celltypenoun | Alternative form of cell type. [(cytology) A morphologically distinct form of cell] |
| stem cellnoun | (medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation. |
| cell bodynoun | (cytology) The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.). |
| somatoplasmnoun | The protoplasm of somatic cells. |
| aposomenoun | (obsolete, biology) Any body within a cell |
| autoploidnoun | (genetics) Any cell of this kind. |
| disomynoun | (cytology) The normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell. |
| cytosomenoun | (biology, uncountable) The cytoplasm within a cell; the cell outside of the nucleus. |
| karyosomenoun | (cytology) The chromatin material inside a cell nucleus when the cell is not undergoing mitotic division. |
| gametogenesisnoun | (cytology) The process by which gametes are produced. |
| cytotypenoun | (genetics) An individual of a species that has a different chromosomal factor to another (e.g. haploid versus diploid). |
| eutely | (microbiology, cytology) The property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system. |
| homodiploidnoun | Any cell or organism that has such chromosomes |
| cell linenoun | (genetics) A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell. |
| cytostructurenoun | (cytology) The structure of cells in a tissue |
| senescencenoun | (biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age. |
| allohaploidnoun | (cytology, genetics) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes derived from two different species |
| cytomenoun | (biology) All the cells of a particular organism together with their associated cellular processes |
| clonenoun | A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it. |
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