DAUGHTER CELL
\dˈɔːtə sˈɛl], \dˈɔːtə sˈɛl], \d_ˈɔː_t_ə s_ˈɛ_l]\
Definitions of DAUGHTER CELL
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a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identical"
By Princeton University
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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One of the cells formed by the division of a single cell. The term is especially applied to one of a number of cells which are still contained within a common envelope or within the substance of a mother cell as in internal cell formation. The several daughter cells formed simultaneously from the same mother cell are called in relation to each other sister cells.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
