- cell differentiation
- The process during which young, immature (unspecialized) cells take on individual characteristics and reach their mature (specialized) form and function.
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Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
Differentiation therapy — An approach to the treatment of advanced or aggressive malignancies in which the malignant cells are treated so that they can resume the process of maturation and differentiation into mature cells. Differentiation therapy is based on the concept… … Medical dictionary
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
cell — n. the basic unit of all living organisms, which can reproduce itself exactly (see mitosis). Each cell is bounded by a cell membrane of lipids and protein, which controls the passage of substances into and out of the cell. Cells contain cytoplasm … The new mediacal dictionary
differentiation — noun 1. a discrimination between things as different and distinct (Freq. 5) it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation • Syn: ↑distinction • Derivationally related forms: ↑distinguish (for: ↑distinct … Useful english dictionary
