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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann;
[syn: cell theory, cell doctrine]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cell doctrine
    n 1: (biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental
         structural and functional units of all living organisms;
         proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor
         Schwann [syn: cell theory, cell doctrine]