noun
cell type; cellular form; cytotype
Technical term in biology for classifying cells by morphology, function, or lineage.
この研究では、複数の細胞型を比較した。
In this study, multiple cell types were compared.
細胞型の分類は、発生生物学の基礎である。
Classification of cell types is fundamental to developmental biology.
型 is a suffix meaning 'type' or 'model'; 細胞型 is a compound noun combining 'cell' and 'type'.
Compound of 細胞 (cell) and 型 (type, form). A straightforward technical term.