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Which scientist used the word "cell” for the first time in science? Matthias Schleiden Theodor Schwann Robert Hooke Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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Robert Hooke

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Schwann Robert Hooke

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He discovered a honeycomb like structure in a cork slice using a primitive compound microscope. He only saw cell walls as he was looking at dead tissue. Hooke coined the term "cell" for the individual compartments he saw

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