cell line


nounCell Biology.
  1. a perpetuating strain of cells in laboratory culture.

Origin of cell line

1
First recorded in 1950–55

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cell line

noun
  1. biology a clone of animal or plant cells that can be grown in a suitable nutrient culture medium in the laboratory

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