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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of the cells of the first continuously cultured human carcinoma strain, originally obtained from cancerous cervical tissue and maintained for use in studying cellular processes.
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- After He(nrietta) La(cks) who donated such cells in 1951. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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