somatic cell

Noun

1.

somatic cell - any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells; a cell that does not participate in the production of gametes; "somatic cells are produced from preexisting cells"; Synonyms: vegetative cell

adipose cell, blood cell, blood corpuscle, bone cell, cell, corpuscle, epithelial cell, fat cell, glial cell, hybridoma, labrocyte, mast cell, mastocyte, muscle cell, muscle fiber, muscle fibre, neoplastic cell, nerve cell, neurogliacyte, neuroglial cell, neuron, phagocyte, scavenger cell, Schwann cell, skin cell, stem cell, target cell, vegetative cell, visual cell