Chinese hamster ovary cell

noun

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.

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nounChinese hamster ovary cell (plural Chinese hamster ovary cells)

plural Chinese hamster ovary cells

  1. biologyA 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.
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