Somatic cell

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somatic cell
every one of the cells that build the body (except for reproductive cells)


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Somatic cell
A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism: the word "somatic" is derived from the Greek word sōma (σώμα), meaning "body". Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammalsgermline cells are the spermatozoa and ova (also known as "gametes") which fuse during fertilization to produce a cell called a zygote, from which the entire mammalian embryo develops. Every other cell type in the mammalian body—apart from the sperm and ova, the cells from which they are made (gametocytes) and undifferentiated stem cells—is a somatic cell: internal organs, skin, bones, blood, and connective tissue are all made up of somatic cells.
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somatic cell
Noun
1. 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";
(synonym) vegetative cell
(hypernym) cell
(hyponym) skin cell


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somatic cell
Any of the body cells except the reproductive (germ) cells.

A Service of the National Cancer Institute.
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somatic cell
Eng: somatic cell
Urdu: خُلیہ جسمیہ ۔ اِن خلیوں میں سے کوئی ایک جِس سے جِسم کے اعضا ، بافتیں بنتی ہیں ۔
  

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