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A.Chédotal/R. Blain; Institut de la Vision; Paris/MeLiS UCBL HCL; Lyon English scientist Robert Hooke discovered cells in 1665, looking at cork under a microscope. He introduced the word cell ...

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The word cell comes from the Latin cellula, meaning, a small room. The descriptive name for the smallest living biological structure was chosen by Robert Hooke in a book he published in 1665 when ...