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somatic cell
noun
, Cell Biology.
- one of the cells that take part in the formation of the body, becoming differentiated into the various tissues, organs, etc.
- any cell other than a germ cell.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of somatic cell1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Radiation can cause damage to somatic cells as well as germline cells, and in space there’s more potential for harm from solar particle events, where the sun sends out high-charge, high-energy particles.
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Each somatic cell of the hybrid—at least in the comb region—has only half the full determiner for median comb.
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Figure 207 is the equatorial plate from a female somatic cell of a young egg-follicle.
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Equatorial plate from a somatic cell of a male larva, 23 chromosomes.
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