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Hayflick limits

Hayflick limits is the plural of Hayflick limit.

Meaning of Hayflick limit

Noun

Hayflick limit (plural Hayflick limits)

  1. The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

Questions about Hayflick limits

What is Hayflick limits the plural of?
Hayflick limits is the plural of Hayflick limit.

Words near Hayflick limits in the dictionary

  1. hayfever
  2. Hayffie
  3. hayfield
  4. hayfields
  5. Hayflick limit
  6. Hayflick limits
  7. Hayford
  8. Hayford ellipsoid
  9. Hayford ellipsoids
  10. Hayfords
  11. hayfork

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