which term means study of cells?
Cytology (the prefix cyto- means cell) is the study of cells, though the more simplistic term 'cell biology' is often used too.Cytology (from Greek κύτος, kytos, a hollow[1]; and -λογία, -logia) means the study of cells.[2]
A somatic (Greek: σὠμα/soma = body) or vegetative cell is any biological cell forming the body of an organism; that is, in a multicellular organism, any cell other than a gamete, germ cell, gametocyte or undifferentiated stem cell.