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    3. 細胞

    細胞

    細さい胞ぼう

    cell

    N1KMT5News #4+1CoreNounScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab20 strokes

    さいぼうさいほう

    Noun

    1.
    cell
    biology
    2.
    cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

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    人にん間げんの体からだは細さい胞ぼうでできています。

    The human body is made of cells.

    KMT4Science & MathMedicine & Health
    細さい胞ぼうは生せい命めいの基き本ほん単たん位いです。

    Cells are the basic units of life.

    KMT5Science & Math
    植しょく物ぶつの細さい胞ぼう壁へきは動どう物ぶつの細さい胞ぼうにはありません。

    Plant cell walls are not found in animal cells.

    KMT6Science & MathAnimals
    がん細さい胞ぼうの増ぞう殖しょくを抑おさえる薬くすりが開かい発はつされています。

    Medicines to suppress the proliferation of cancer cells are being developed.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    幹かん細さい胞ぼう研けん究きゅうは再さい生せい医い療りょうの進しん歩ぽに貢こう献けんしています。

    Stem cell research is contributing to advances in regenerative medicine.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    細
    ほそ.い・ほそ.る・こま.か・こま.かい…(1)
    dainty・get thin・taper・slender・narrow…(2)
    胞
    placenta・sac・sheath
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