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Noun

1. 1
   The scientific theory that all living organisms are made of cells as the smallest functional unit. uncountable
2. 2
   (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 wordnet

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cell doctrinecell life theorycellular theorydevelopment of cell theoryessential life science conceptevolution of cell theory