cell doctrine meaning

  "cell doctrine" in a sentence
Noun: cell doctrine  sel 'dóktrin
  1. (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
    - cell theory

Derived forms: cell doctrines

Type of: scientific theory

Examples

  1. By the 1860s, cell doctrine became the conventional view of the elementary anatomical composition of plants and animals.

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