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carcinocyte

carcinocyte noun: a single tumor cell.

Noun

carcinocyte (plural carcinocytes)

  1. (rare) A single tumor cell.

Forms of carcinocyte

pluralcarcinocytes

Origin of carcinocyte

From carcino- + -cyte.

Questions about carcinocyte

What does carcinocyte mean?
Carcinocyte means a single tumor cell.
What part of speech is carcinocyte?
Carcinocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of carcinocyte?
The plural of carcinocyte is carcinocytes.

Words near carcinocyte in the dictionary

  1. carcinize
  2. carcinized
  3. carcinizes
  4. carcinizing
  5. carcino-
  6. carcinocyte
  7. carcinocytes
  8. carcinoecia
  9. carcinoecium
  10. carcinoembrionic
  11. carcinoembryogenic

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