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Cell theory   /sɛl θˈɪri/   Listen
Cell theory

noun
1.
(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.  Synonym: cell doctrine.






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"Cell theory" Quotes from Famous Books



... Theodore Schwann, stimulated in his microscopic researches by the previous discoveries of Robert Brown, Johannes Mueller and Schleiden, propounded the famous cell theory in his work, "Microscopic Researches Concerning the Unity in the Structure and Growth of Animals and Plants." Schwann's book became a scientific classic almost from the moment of its publication. It was Schwann, too, who, simultaneously with Cagniard la Tour, discovered the active principle ...
— A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year - Volume Two (of Three) • Edwin Emerson



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