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Definition of Cell doctrine
1. Noun. (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.
Generic synonyms: Scientific Theory
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cell Doctrine
Literary usage of Cell doctrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Epitome of the history of medicine by Roswell Park (1901)
"Modern Realism in Medicine and Science. Introduction of the Cell-doctrine.
Discovery of the Circulation. William Harvey, 1578-1037. ..."
2. The Microscopist: Or, A Complete Manual on the Use of the Microscope by Joseph Henry Wythe (1851)
"THE CELL-DOCTRINE OF PHYSIOLOGY. REFERENCE has already been made at page 96 to
the cause of vitality; alluding to it as-a peculiar property impressed by the ..."
3. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Since animal bodies are so largely composed of such non-living material, all of
it produced by cells, the cell doctrine should be made to specify that {_all ..."
4. A Text book of the principles of osteopathy by Guy Dudley Hulett (1903)
"THE cell doctrine INSUFFICIENT. From the middle of the seventeenth century when
Schlei- den and Schwann discovered in the case of plants and animals ..."
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