English > vegetative cell: 1 sense > noun 1, body| 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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| Synonym | somatic cell |
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| Narrower | Schwann cell | Any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath |
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| blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle | Either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets |
| bone cell | A cell that is part of a bone |
| epithelial cell | One of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium |
| fat cell, adipose cell | cells composed of fat |
| hybridoma | A hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell |
| mast cell, mastocyte, labrocyte | A large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation |
| muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre | An elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body |
| neoplastic cell | A cell that is part of tumor |
| nerve cell, neuron | A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses |
| neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell, glial cell | A cell of the neuroglia |
| phagocyte, scavenger cell | A cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms |
| skin cell | Any of the cells making up the skin |
| stem cell | An undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) |
| target cell | Any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc. |
| visual cell | One of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light |
| Broader | cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
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| Spanish | célula somática |
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| Catalan | cèl·lula somàtica |
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