Usually means: Immortal cell line from Henrietta.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. HeLa cell: Merriam-Webster
  2. HeLa cell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. HeLa cell: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. HeLa cell, hela cell: Dictionary.com
  5. HeLa cell, Hela cell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. HeLa cell: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. HeLa cell: Merriam-Webster
  8. HeLa cell: Wiktionary

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hela cell: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. HeLa cell: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. HeLa cell: Medical dictionary
  4. HeLa cell: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (HeLa cell)

noun:  (medicine, cytology) An immortal cell line that can divide an unlimited number of times in a laboratory cell culture plate, as long as fundamental cell survival conditions are met.


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