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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any cell of a multicellular organism other than a germ cell.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cell that takes part in the formation of the soma or body, as distinguished from a germ-cell. See
somal .
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- noun cytology Any normal cell of an
organism that is not involved inreproduction ; a cell that is not on thegermline .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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