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host cell

host cell noun: a living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).

Noun

host cell (plural host cells)

  1. A living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).
    • Host cells are forced to produce thousands of copies of the original virus.

host cell meaning in Tamil

host cell in Tamil

விருந்தோம்பி செல்

Forms of host cell

pluralhost cells

Questions about host cell

What does host cell mean?
Host cell means a living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).
What is host cell in Tamil?
Host cell in Tamil is விருந்தோம்பி செல். See Host cell meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is host cell?
Host cell is a noun.
What is the plural of host cell?
The plural of host cell is host cells.

Words near host cell in the dictionary

  1. hosses
  2. hossie
  3. Hossler
  4. Hosslers
  5. host
  6. host cell
  7. host cells
  8. host cities
  9. host city
  10. host countries
  11. host country

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Adapted from Wiktionary: host cell (page history and authors); host cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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