DEAD CELL
\dˈɛd sˈɛl], \dˈɛd sˈɛl], \d_ˈɛ_d s_ˈɛ_l]\
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A cell which no longer contains protoplasm, and hence performs none of the vital functions of growth, assimilation, and reproduction. Such cells serve a purely mechanical and protective office, like the cork cells of plants and the horn cells of the animal body.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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