Meaning

1 senses

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

More definitions
  • a cell that is part of a malignant tumor

Examples

5 sentences

  1. What is a cancer cell like?

    На що схожа ракова клітина? — brambury

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Garlic destroys cancer cells and prevents them from developing.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell.

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Cancer cells reproduce quickly.

    ruРаковые клетки быстро воспроизводятся. — odexed

    AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The nanomachines can drill into cancer cells, causing the cells’ nucleus to disintegrate into fragments.

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

plural: cancer cells

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cancelB1cancellationcancerB1cancerouscandidC1candidacy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

cancer cell — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto