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Who coined the term 'cytology'?

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Robert Hooke
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Leeuwenhoek
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Hertwig
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D
Swammerdam
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Solution

The correct option is A Robert Hooke
a) The term cytology was termed by Robert Hooke. Cytology, the study of cells as fundamental units of living things.
b) Leeuwenhoek is the first scientist who experiments with microscopes and he named the microbes as animalcules.
c) Hertwig was a German zoologist and wrote a book by studying sea urchins.
d) Swammerdam was a biologist who dies at a very early age. After his death, his book Biblica Naturae was published.

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