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娘細胞 (jousaibou) Japanese meaning: daughter cell | Kotomora

娘じょう細さい胞ぼう

also: むすめさいぼう

じょ

う

さ

い

ぼ

う

Meanings

1

daughter cell

Biology term for a cell produced by the division of a parent cell.

細さい胞ぼう分ぶん裂れつによって、一ひとつの母はは細さい

胞ぼう

から

二ふた

つ

の

娘じょう

細さい

胞ぼう

が

生しょう

じる

。

Through cell division, two daughter cells arise from one parent cell.

Kanji

娘daughter, girl
細dainty, get thin, taper
胞placenta, sac, sheath
嬢lass, girl, Miss

Related words

母ぼ細さい胞ぼう
母細胞 means 'parent cell', the cell that divides to produce daughter cells.

Written forms

娘細胞
- じょうさいぼう
  Standard kanji form; reading じょうさいぼう is the most common.
- むすめさいぼう
  Alternate reading restricted to 娘細胞; rarely used.
嬢じょう細さい胞ぼう
Alternate kanji form using 嬢; less common than 娘細胞.
むすめさいぼう

Etymology

Compound of 娘 (daughter) or 嬢 (young lady) and 細胞 (cell). The term is a direct translation of the English 'daughter cell'.