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Which scientist is credited with first using the term “cell” to describe part of an organism?

Responses

Schwann

Schwann

Schleiden

Schleiden

Hooke

Hooke

Virchow

Virchow

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Hooke — Robert Hooke first used the term “cell” in 1665 (in Micrographia) when describing the box‑like compartments he saw in cork.