Definition of Schleiden

1. Noun. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881).

Exact synonyms: M. J. Schleiden, Matthias Schleiden
Generic synonyms: Histologist, Physiologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Schleiden

Schizaea
Schizaea pusilla
Schizaeaceae
Schizopetalon walkeri
Schizophragma
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Schizophyceae
Schizophyta
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA endonuclease
Schizosaccharomycetaceae
Schizotrypanum cruzi
Schlamperei
Schlatter
Schlatter-Osgood disease
Schleiden (current term)
Schlemm
Schlemm's canal
Schlemm's canals
Schlenk flask
Schlenk flasks
Schlenk tube
Schlenk tubes
Schlesien
Schlesinger
Schlesinger's sign
Schleswig
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswiger
Schleswigers

Literary usage of Schleiden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biology and Its Makers by William Albert Locy (1908)
"One comes from the reading of these two contributions to science with the feeling that it is really Schwann's cell- theory, and that Schleiden helped by ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"Consequently, my researches on annular vessels afford opposite results to those of Schleiden. 'Nevertheless, I am far from ... By Dr. MJ Schleiden*. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a Concise View of the (1850)
"By Dr JM Schleiden, Extraordinary Professor of ... Box AN v," says Dr Schleiden, "as an inductive science, comprehends the study of the laws and forms of ..."

4. An Introduction to General Biology by William Thompson Sedgwick, Edmund Beecher Wilson (1895)
"At this time the botanist Schleiden brought forward proof that the higher plants do not simply contain cells but are wholly made up of them or their ..."

5. An Introduction to General Biology by William Thompson Sedgwick, Edmund Beecher Wilson (1895)
"This great generalization, known as the '' cell-theory'' of Schleiden and Schwann, laid the basis for all subsequent biological study. ..."

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