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体細胞 (taisaibou) Japanese meaning: somatic cell | Kotomora

体たい細さい胞ぼう

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Meanings

1

somatic cell

Biology term for any cell of a multicellular organism other than germ cells.

体たい細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつは、成せい長ちょうや組そ織しきの

修しゅう

復ふく

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不ふ

可か

欠けつ

です

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Somatic cell division is essential for growth and tissue repair.

Kanji

体body, substance, object
細dainty, get thin, taper
胞placenta, sac, sheath

Related words

生せい殖しょく細さい胞ぼう
生殖細胞 (germ cell) is the counterpart to 体細胞; it is involved in reproduction and passes genetic information to offspring.

Word family

体たい細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつ
somatic cell division; mitosis
体たい細さい胞ぼう超ちょう変へん異い
somatic hypermutation; SHM

Built from

体たい+細さい胞ぼう

Etymology

Compound of 体 (body) and 細胞 (cell), a straightforward calque of the English term 'somatic cell'.