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(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 a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction a room where a prisoner is kept small room is which a monk or nun lives any small compartment; "the cells of a honeycomb" a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver |
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