noun

1. (anatomy) A large cell, found in bone marrow, responsible for the production of platelets.

noun (plural meioses)

1. (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it is

• 1965: I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt " I had told it with a curt that was meant to conceal depths; and she had called my bluff one final time. " John Fowles, The Magus
  1. (cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

noun

1. a cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin

noun (plural: membranes)

1. A flexible enclosing or separating tissue forming a plane or film and separating two environments (usually in a plant or animal).

1. A mechanical membrane, a thin, flat flexible part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force.

noun

1. the stage of mitosis and meiosis, that folows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated

noun (mitochondria)

1. (cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, contains genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.

noun (mitoses)

1. (cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.

noun

1. (immunology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiation, differentiates into a macrophage.

adjective (wikipedia, multicellular organism)

1. (biology, of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function.

noun

1. a large cell, found in bone marrow, that becomes a granulocyte when mature
2. a cell associated with the myelin of the brain and spinal cord