cancer cell

noun

A cell that divides continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells.

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Meanings

nouncancer cell (plural cancer cells)

plural cancer cells · alternative cancer-cell · alternative cancercell

  1. biologyA cell that divides continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells.
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cancer cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancer%20cell

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“cancer cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancer%20cell. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancer cell,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancer%20cell.

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