somatic cell
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1. any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | cell, |
| definition | : | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | skin cell, |
| definition | : | any of the cells making up the skin (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | epithelial cell, |
| definition | : | one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | neoplastic cell, |
| definition | : | a cell that is part of tumor (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | bone cell, |
| definition | : | a cell that is part of a bone (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | phagocyte, scavenger cell, |
| definition | : | a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | visual cell, |
| definition | : | one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | schwann cell, |
| definition | : | any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | nerve cell, neuron, |
| definition | : | a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | hybridoma, |
| definition | : | a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | labrocyte, mast cell, mastocyte, |
| definition | : | a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | stem cell, |
| definition | : | an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | target cell, |
| definition | : | any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc. (noun.body) |
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