somatic cell

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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
- somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells
• Syn:
vegetative cell
• Hypernyms:
cell
• Hyponyms:
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