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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cell culture that is derived from one cell or set of cells of the same type and in which under certain conditions the cells proliferate indefinitely in the laboratory.

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  • noun genetics A biological tissue or group of individual cells that are genetically identical as a result of dividing mitotically from a single progenitor cell.

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