Hayflick limit

noun

Etymology

Named after Leonard Hayflick, who discovered it in 1961.

Definitions

  1. The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably…

    The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Hayflick limit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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