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The term 'Cell' was coined by _____.


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Robert Brown

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Koch

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Robert Edwards

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Solution

The correct option is B

Robert Hooke


Robert Hooke coined the term "Cell” which means small compartment, in Latin. He named it so, because the boxlike cells of a cork slice which he observed under a microscope, reminded him of the rooms, or cells of monks in a monastery.


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