English Explanatory Dictionary

Chinese hamster ovary cell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A family of immortalized cell lines derived from the epithelial cells of the ovary of the Chinese hamster, often used in biological and medical research and commercially in the production of recombinant therapeutic proteins.

Word forms

Chinese hamster ovary cell Chinese hamster ovary cells
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