LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The term cell was coined by Robert Hooke. Robert Hooke observed a honeycomb-like structure under the microscope while cutting a thin section of cork, hence he named the structure as a cell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Hooke coined the term “Cell” which means small compartment, in Latin. He named it so, because the boxlike cells of a cork slice which he observed under a microscope, reminded him of the rooms, or cells of monks in a monastery and so he said that the cork was made up of cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the year 1665, Robert Hooke observed a specimen of cork cells which were dead under a microscope. He called them cells, as they resembled tiny rooms in monasteries called cells.