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Noun: Matthias Jakob Schleiden
  1. German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 formulated the cell theory (1804-1881)
    - Schleiden, Matthias Schleiden, M. J. Schleiden

Type of: histologist, physiologist

Encyclopedia: Matthias Jakob Schleiden