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HeLa

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See also: hela, helá, héla, helą, Hela, and Helą

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Etymology

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From English Henrietta+Lacks. Named after the American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.

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HeLa

  1. (medicine, cytology) A strain of cells derived from a cervical cancer tumor of Henrietta Lacks.

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