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English noun: somatic cell

1. somatic cell (body) any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes


SamplesSomatic cells are produced from preexisting cells.


Synonymsvegetative cell


Broader (hypernym)cell


Narrower (hyponym)adipose cell, blood cell, blood corpuscle, bone cell, corpuscle, epithelial cell, fat cell, glial cell, hybridoma, labrocyte, mast cell, mastocyte, muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, neoplastic cell, nerve cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell, neuron, phagocyte, scavenger cell, Schwann cell, skin cell, stem cell, target cell, visual cell









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