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Definition of Cancer cell
1. Noun. A cell that is part of a malignant tumor.
Medical Definition of Cancer cell
1. A cell that divides and reproduces abnormally with uncontrolled growth. This cell can break away and travel to other parts of the body and set up another site, referred to as metastasis. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Cell
Literary usage of Cancer cell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Schuller, HM Cell type specific, receptor-mediated modulation of growth kinetics
in human lung cancer cell lines by nicotine and ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1901)
"[V. Leyden describes the familiar cancer-cell inclusions. He claims that these
inclusions are protozoa purely on morphological grounds. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The chief difficulty has been the finding of an agent which has a specific
destructive action on the cancer cell without an injurious effect upon the ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Lecture on Cancer (6) reminds us that his predecessor, Sir William Savory,
pronounced the cancer cell to be an "embryonic" or "rudimentary" form of cell, ..."
5. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"As to the characters of the cancer cell which distinguish it from those of the
... If it be adequately nourished from without, the cancer cell is capable of ..."
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