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Tether is a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.

Cord is rope like to tie. Hence, cord is most similar in meaning to tether.

The branch of biology that studies the different structures and functions of the cell is called Cell Biology or Cytology.

 
Cell biology (formerly called Cytology), is a Greek word: kytos, "vessel" is a branch of biology that studies the different structures and functions of the cell and focuses mainly on the idea of the cell as the basic unit of life.

The cell (from Latin cella, meaning "small room") is the basic

• Structural,

• Functional (and) 

• Biological unit of all known living organisms. 

A cell is the smallest unit of life that can replicate independently, and cells are often called the "building blocks of life".