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Noun cell has 7 senses
- cell - any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb"
--1 is a kind of compartment
- cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; cells may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
--2 is a kind of living thing, animate thing
--2 is a part of organism, being
--2 has parts:
--2 has particulars: | blastomere; flagellated cell; Kupffer's cell; beta cell; somatic cell, vegetative cell; blastema; zygote, fertilized ovum; parthenote; embryonic cell, formative cell; akaryocyte, akaryote, acaryote; reproductive cell, germ cell, sex cell; gametocyte; polar body; Leydig cell, Leydig's cell; Sertoli cell, Sertoli's cell; archespore, archesporium; daughter cell; mother cell; arthrospore; arthrospore |
- cell, electric cell - a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
--3 is a kind of electrical device
--3 has particulars:
- cell, cadre - a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
--4 is a kind of political unit
--4 is a member of political movement
--4 has particulars: sleeper cell; terrorist cell, radical cell
- cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone - a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
--5 is a kind of radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone
- cell, cubicle - small room is which a monk or nun lives
--6 is a kind of room
--6 is a part of monastery; convent
- cell, jail cell, prison cell - a room where a prisoner is kept
--7 is a kind of room
--7 is a part of cellblock, ward
--7 has particulars:
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