Definition of Somatic cell

1. Noun. 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"


Medical Definition of Somatic cell

1. Usually any cell of a multicellular organism that will not contribute to the production of gametes, i.e. most cells of which an organism is made: not a germ cell. Notice, however, the alternative use in somatic mesoderm. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somatic Cell

Somateria
somatesthesia
somatesthesia
somatesthetic
somatic
somatic
somatical
somatically
somaticosplanchnic
somaticovisceral
somatics
somatic agglutinin
somatic antigen
somatic arteries
somatic cell (current term)
somatic cell (current term)
somatic cells
somatic cell genetics
somatic cell gene therapy
somatic cell hybridization
somatic cell nuclear transfer
somatic cell nuclear transplantation
somatic chromosome
somatic crossing-over
somatic death
somatic delusion
somatic delusion
somatic hybrid
somatic layer
somatic mesoderm

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