さいぼう
Meanings
Noun
Biology
1. cell
2. cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
Kanji used
thin
cell
Pitch accent
いぼう
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Used in vocabulary (115 in total)
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
inside the cell; intracellular
germ cell; reproductive cell
nucleus; cell nucleus
cellular membrane
muscle cell; muscle cells
pheochromocytoma; phaeochromocytoma
photoreceptor cell
natural killer cell; NK cell
mast cell; mastocyte
cone cell; pyramidal cell
STAP cell (proposed but disproven type of pluripotency cell); stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency cell
spermatid; sperm cell
cytolysis; breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
glial cell; glia; neuroglia
cell-mediated immunity; cellular immunity
Purkinje cell; Purkinje neuron
renal cell carcinoma; cancerous kidney tumor
efferent neuron; efferent nerve; output cell; output neuron
interstitial cell
interstitial cell; stromal cell
cell adhesion; cellular adhesion; dyshesion
satellite cell (glial); amphicyte
cnidoblast; nematocyte
helper cell; helper T cell
Betz cell; primary motor cortex neuron
cytotoxin; cellular poison
choanocyte; collar cell
Examples (5 in total)
Animal bodies are made up of cells.
Muscle tissue consists of innumerable cells.
Bacteria are just tiny harmless cells.