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cell

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The definition of cell is intended to represent all cells, and thus a cell is defined as a material entity and not an anatomical structure, which implies that it is part of an organism (or the entirety of one).

Term info

Label

cell

Synonyms
  • cell type
database cross reference
Subsets

_upper_level

definition

A material entity of anatomical origin (part of or deriving from an organism) that has as its parts a maximally connected cell compartment surrounded by a plasma membrane.

example of usage

PMID:18089833.Cancer Res. 2007 Dec 15;67(24):12018-25. "...Epithelial cells were harvested from histologically confirmed adenocarcinomas .."

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obi.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

see also

EFO_URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_0000324