HeLa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hela"

Translingual

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of English Henrietta Lacks. Named after the American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.

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HeLa

  1. (medicine, cytology) A strain of cells derived from a cervical cancer tumor of Henrietta Lacks.

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