体细胞 (tī) — somatic cell; body cell
Definition
Technical biology term: any cell of an organism except the reproductive (germ) cells — i.e. body cells, as opposed to 生殖细胞.
noun
somatic cellbody cell
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 体细胞。tī Shì shēng wù tǐ de jī běn zǔ chéng bù fen.Somatic cells are the basic building blocks of an organism.
- ，体细胞。Yǔ shēng zhí xì bāo bù tóng, tī bù néng zhí jiē cān yù fán zhí.Unlike germ cells, somatic cells cannot directly participate in reproduction.
- 体细胞。Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū tī de zài shēng néng lì.Scientists are studying the regenerative capacity of somatic cells.
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