| NOUN | cognition | cell doctrine, cell theory | (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | cell theory | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Broader | scientific theory | A theory that explains scientific observations |
| Spanish | teoría celular | |
| Catalan | teoria cel·lular | |
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