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the smallest living part of a plant or animal; also a small locked room where a prisoner stays
In context
Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body.
Smoking can damage the cells in your lungs.
The prisoner spent the night alone in a small cell.
Words that go with cell
noun + noun
- blood cellThe test counts your white blood cells.
- brain cellLack of sleep may harm brain cells.
- cancer cellThe new drug attacks cancer cells.
- prison cellHe wrote the book in a prison cell.
- skin cellYour body replaces skin cells all the time.