HELA CELL


Meaning of HELA CELL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhe-lə- ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized H & 1st L

Etymology: He nrietta La cks died 1951 patient from whom the cells were taken

Date: 1953

: a cell of a continuously cultured strain isolated from a human uterine cervical carcinoma in 1951 and used in biomedical research especially to culture viruses

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