CELL THEORY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms
   • proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann
   Synonym(s)
   • cell doctrine (what does cell doctrine mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) cell theory is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • scientific theory (what does scientific theory mean?)