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The term 'cell' was introduced by

  • A.Robert Hooke
  • B.Anton van Leeuwenhoek
  • C.Matthias Schleiden
  • D.Rudolf Virchow

Answer: A

Correct answer: Robert Hooke

Hooke coined the word in 1665, describing thin slices of cork in his Micrographia. What he saw were the empty walls of dead plant cells, and they reminded him of the small rooms - cells - of a monastery. He was therefore naming a structure rather than discovering life in it; that came with Leeuwenhoek a few years later.

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