HeLa cell

English

Etymology

Named after the American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.

Noun

HeLa cell (plural HeLa cells)

  1. (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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