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noun
Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vegetative cell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cell
Narrower terms: skin cell, epithelial cell, neoplastic cell, bone cell, blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle, phagocyte, scavenger cell, visual cell, fat cell, adipose cell, muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, Schwann cell, nerve cell, neuron, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell, glial cell, hybridoma, mast cell, mastocyte, labrocyte, stem cell, target cell
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