| 单词 | cellular theory |
| 释义 | > as lemmascellular theory cellular theory n. Biology (a) = cell theory n. at cell n.1 Compounds 3 (now historical); (b) any of various theories (historical or current) that emphasize the primary role played by cells in pathological or physiological processes. ΚΠ 1844 R. Willis in tr. R. Wagner Elements Physiol. ii. v. 412 (note) When we speak..of granules in connexion with cells, it is meant to be intimated that there are formations to which the recent cellular theory has not yet been found applicable. 1876 Lancet 8 Jan. 71/1 Virchow, basing his observations on inflammatory changes in bone, muscle, &c., described apparent regions of increased action of the tissue, and built thereon his well-known ‘cellular theory’. 1895 Public Health 8 262/2 The first is a cellular theory, and is associated with the name of Metschnikoff. The phagocytes or wandering cells of the body are capable of taking up and digesting foreign bodies. 1935 Lancet 5 Jan. 34/1 In the light of our present knowledge we can see that a virus theory of cancer and a cellular theory of cancer are not mutually exclusive. 1959 A. Hughes Hist. Cytol. ii. 33 In tracing the origins of cellular theory, we find that..when structures which we now regard as cells were discovered they were often called by various other names which now have no special significance. 1997 Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 54 597 (title) A molecular and cellular theory of depression. 2007 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 194 S154/1 In spite of living in an ‘omic’ era (genomic, proteomics, etc), we must stick to the cellular theory coined by another giant, German scientist Professor Virchow. < as lemmas |
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