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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, microbiology, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”) (modern sense: “true”) + τέλος (télos, “result, end”) + -y, i.e. “the state of having a true limit”.
