primary culture

Synonyms:
  • primary cell culture
German: Primärkultur
Japanese: 初代培養

Biology. A cell culture derived directly from tissue of a living organism. Primary cultures have a limited lifespan and enter senescence after a limited number of cell divisions.
In comparison to cell line, a permanently established cell culture that will proliferate indefinitely under defined conditions.

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