prickle cell
(prickle cell)
Princeton's WordNet
a cell in the germinal layer of the skin (the prickle-cell layer); has many spines and radiating processes
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acanthosis
(acanthosis)
Princeton's WordNet
an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer of the skin (as in psoriasis)
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cystoplast
Webster Dictionary
a nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth
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rejuvenescence
Webster Dictionary
a method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc
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apoptosis
(apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death)
Princeton's WordNet
a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
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caspase-mediated cell death
(apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death)
Princeton's WordNet
a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
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programmed cell death
(apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death)
Princeton's WordNet
a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
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segmentation
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multiplication; endogenous cell formation
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impregnation
Webster Dictionary
the fusion of a female germ cell (ovum) with a male germ cell (in animals, a spermatozoon) to form a single new cell endowed with the power of developing into a new individual; fertilization; fecundation
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hybridoma
(ˌhaɪ brɪˈdoʊ mə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hybrid cell made in the laboratory by fusing a normal cell with a cancer cell, usu. a myeloma or lymphoma, in order to combine desired features of each, as the ability of the cancer cell to multiply rapidly with the ability of the normal cell to dictate the production of a specific antibody.
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prick
(ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sharp point or part; prickle.
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trichome
(ˈtrɪk oʊm, ˈtraɪ koʊm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hairy outgrowth on a plant's surface, as a prickle.
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transform
(transform)
Princeton's WordNet
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
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phagocytosis
(ˌfæg ə saɪˈtoʊ sɪs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the ingestion by a cell of a microorganism, cell particle, or other matter surrounded and engulfed by the cell.
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acantha
Webster Dictionary
a prickle
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aculeiform
Webster Dictionary
like a prickle
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karyokinesis
Webster Dictionary
the indirect division of cells in which, prior to division of the cell protoplasm, complicated changes take place in the nucleus, attended with movement of the nuclear fibrils; -- opposed to karyostenosis. The nucleus becomes enlarged and convoluted, and finally the threads are separated into two groups which ultimately become disconnected and constitute the daughter nuclei. Called also mitosis. See Cell development, under Cell
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karyoplasma
Webster Dictionary
the protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell
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egg
Webster Dictionary
a simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell
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cytula
Webster Dictionary
the fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed
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cytoblast
Webster Dictionary
the nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place
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zooid
Webster Dictionary
an organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozooid
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priory
Webster Dictionary
a religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2
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killer cell
(killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell)
Princeton's WordNet
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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cytotoxic t cell
(killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell)
Princeton's WordNet
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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killer t cell
(killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell)
Princeton's WordNet
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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cd8 cell
(killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell)
Princeton's WordNet
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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cd8 t cell
(killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell)
Princeton's WordNet
T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
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centrosome
Webster Dictionary
a peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized
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aculeus
Webster Dictionary
a prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses
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