cancer cell

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cancer cell - a cell that is part of a malignant tumorneoplastic cell - a cell that is part of tumormalignance, malignancy - (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death

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cancer cell

A malignant cell, which has several key features:
(1) Divide uncontrollably;
(2) Refuse to die—i.e., bypass programmed cell death (apoptosis); and
(3) Spread distally (matastasis) from original site via lymphatics or blood vessels.

cancer cell

A cell present in a neoplasm and differentiated from normal tissue cells because of its degree of anaplasia, irregularity of shape, nuclear size, changes in the structure of the nucleus and cytoplasm, increased number of mitoses, and ability to metastasize. See also: cell

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cancer cell

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noun a cell that is part of a malignant tumor

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neoplastic cell
malignance
malignancy

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