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Definition of Mother cell
1. Noun. Cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops. "A sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell"
Medical Definition of Mother cell
1. A cell which, by division, gives rise to two or more daughter cell's. Synonym: brood cell, metrocyte, parent cell. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mother Cell
Literary usage of Mother cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The origin of the embryo-sac according to this view, was as follows : The primary
mother cell of the embryo-sac, either a subepidermal cell, ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"During the winter, the megaspore mother cell of T. cernuum is in a resting state
and is easily distinguishable from the surrounding cells because of its ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"At the line of contact of the plate with the cell-wall of the mother-cell, the
young cell-wall first appears in the form of a ring, which quickly grows ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"He found that the nucleus of the spore mother- cell became surrounded by a web
of delicate ... mother cell ..."
5. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... cell is the mother-cell. The only possible exception to this is the case of
such sporogenous masses as occur in the ovules of Casuarina (Treub a3), ..."
6. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1865)
"Six distinct cell generations had thus been developed, and on the mother cell
one bud had started belonging to the seventh, (see Fig. 1, b. ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"The origin of the embryo-sac according to this view, was as follows : The primary
mother cell of the embryo-sac, either a subepidermal cell, ..."
8. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"During the winter, the megaspore mother cell of T. cernuum is in a resting state
and is easily distinguishable from the surrounding cells because of its ..."
9. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"At the line of contact of the plate with the cell-wall of the mother-cell, the
young cell-wall first appears in the form of a ring, which quickly grows ..."
10. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"He found that the nucleus of the spore mother- cell became surrounded by a web
of delicate ... mother cell ..."
11. Morphology of Angiosperms: (Morphology of Spermatophytes. Part II) by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1903)
"... cell is the mother-cell. The only possible exception to this is the case of
such sporogenous masses as occur in the ovules of Casuarina (Treub a3), ..."
12. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1865)
"Six distinct cell generations had thus been developed, and on the mother cell
one bud had started belonging to the seventh, (see Fig. 1, b. ..."
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