what does somatic cell mean?
SOMATIC CELL as NOUN
- Meaning
- any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells
- a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes
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Usage Example(s)
- somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells
Hypernyms(s) somatic cell is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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