English Explanatory Dictionary

Hayflick limit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

Word forms

Hayflick limit Hayflick limits

Etymology

Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.

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