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cell

 
 
/sel/ noun [C]

Translation

ANIMAL OR PLANT the smallest living part of an animal or a plant
hücre, yaşayan en küçük canlı
brain/cancer cells1111259
ROOM a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is kept
hücre, küçük oda, nezarethane
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(Definition of cell noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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