mother cell

American  

[muhth-er sel] / ˈmʌð ər ˌsɛl /

noun

mother cells plural

1. Cell Biology. a cell that produces other cells through division, often to contribute to growth or development in the organism.

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mother cell Scientific  

/ mŭth′ər /

1. See parent cell

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mother cells
  plural

Example Sentences

"If two cells share the same mother cell, we say they have the same lineage," Chung said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

"If two individual cells have a same mosaic variant, they were born from a common mother cell that passed it to all of its daughters," Yang explained.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

More than a decade ago, Clevers identified a type of mother cell in the gut that can give birth to all other intestinal cells.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2017

The megaspore mother cell is at the center.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

E, a young colony still surrounded by the membrane of the mother cell.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton