mother cell
Biology
noun
A cell that is undergoing or that has undergone cell division (especially meiosis); a cell that is regarded as a precursor (of a particular structure, tissue, etc.).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
- pullable
- pull a boner
- pull a face (or faces)
- pull a fast one
- pull-along
- pull-and-push
- pull-apart
- pull-away
- pull-away boy
- pullback
- pull back (or pull someone/thing back)
- pull-bell
- pull-boat
- pull-bone
- pull cord
- pull-date
- pull-doo
- pull-down
- pulled bread
- dirtboarding
- dirt cheap
- dirt farm
- dirt farmer
- dirt-free
- dirtily