Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cell_theory

1 sense of cell theory

Sense 1
cell theory, cell doctrine -- ((biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matthias Schleiden and by Theodor Schwann)
       => scientific theory -- (a theory that explains scientific observations; "scientific theories must be falsifiable")