cell doctrine meaning
Noun: cell doctrine sel 'dóktrin
- (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
- By the 1860s, cell doctrine became the conventional view of the elementary anatomical composition of plants and animals.