cell

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Definition:
1. Any small compartment.
2. (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.
3. A device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction.
4. A room where a prisoner is kept.

Use 'cell' in a sentence:

1. The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells.
2. Nerve cells, after all, do not have intelligence of their own.
3. My cell phone beeped.
4. Police have recaptured Alan Lewis, who escaped from a jail cell in Boston.
5. The smell in the cell was revolting.
6. The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.
7. Protein molecules compose all the complex working parts of living cells.
8. Do you recall how many prisoners were placed in each cell?
9. We were sitting together in our cell, chained to the wall.
10. He was left to sober up in a police cell.
11. Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.
12. Two out of every three people have a cell phone.
13. He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates.
14. The nucleus is removed from the egg cell.
15. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.
16. He occupies a cell 10 foot long, 6 foot wide and 10 foot high.
17. Radiation may damage cells in a way that was previously unforeseen.
18. Death, not life, is the default state of cells.
19. They threw him in a cell and roughed him up a bit.
20. Vitamin B assists in red-blood-cell regeneration.
21. One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped, and beaten.
22. This differs with the type of cell.
23. They are located in the cytoplasm of the egg cell.
24. Sickle-cell anaemia is passed on through a recessive gene.
25. These may bind to receptor molecules on the surfaces of cells.
26. As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.
27. A few hours in a police cell should cool him off.
28. The cell phone's caller ID readout told her Frank Montoya was on the line.
29. Instead of exhaust fumes, the fuel-cell car produces soap and water.
30. Each cell of our bodies contains 46 chromosomes.
31. He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
32. For starters, protein is critical for every cell in our body.
33. Over twenty prisoners were crushed into a small dark cell.
34. The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.
35. Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells.
36. Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week.
37. The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
38. The prisoner started to wash down the walls of his cell.
39. The cancer cells may invade other parts of the body.
40. The cells began to divide rapidly.
41. Those cells divide and give many other different types of cells.
42. Immediately after fertilization, the cells of the egg divide.
43. These cells are able to reduplicate themselves.
44. He escaped by sawing through the bars of his cell.
45. These proteins stimulate the production of blood cells.
46. These cells are widely distributed throughout the body.
47. Slough off dead skin cells by using a facial scrub.
48. Muscle cells need lots of fuel and therefore burn lots of calories.
49. Red blood cells are roughly the shape of a disk.
50. Multiplication of cells leads to rapid growth of the organism.
51. The white blood cells attack cells infected with an invader.
52. Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
53. Once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate.
54. All living things are composed of cells.
55. A scientist showed that mouse leukemia could be transmitted by cell-free filtrates.
56. Stem cell research is supported by many doctors.