vegetative cell

Noun
  1. Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells;
    A cell that does not participate in the production of gametes (synset 105438205)
    "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"
    is a type of: cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
    subtypes:
    • skin cell - any of the cells making up the skin
    • epithelial cell - one of the closely packed cells forming the epithelium
    • neoplastic cell - a cell that is part of tumor
    • bone cell - a cell that is part of a bone
    • blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
    • phagocyte, scavenger cell - a cell that engulfs and digests debris and invading microorganisms
    • visual cell - one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light
    • adipose cell, fat cell - cells composed of fat
    • muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre - an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body
    • schwann cell - any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath
    • nerve cell, neuron - a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses
    • glial cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell - a cell of the neuroglia
    • hybridoma - a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody
    • labrocyte, mast cell, mastocyte - a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation
    • stem cell - an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells)
    • target cell - any cell that has a specific receptor for an antigen or antibody or hormone or drug, or is the focus of contact by a virus or phagocyte or nerve fiber etc.
    same as: somatic cell

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