Thesaurus:cell

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cell

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Noun

Sense: the basic unit of a living organism

Synonyms

• cell
• cyte

Hyponyms

• adipocyte
• basophil
• blood cell    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brain cell
• gamete    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gametocyte
• germ cell    [⇒ thesaurus]
• granulocyte
• leukocyte
• lymphocyte    [⇒ thesaurus]
• macrophage
• mast cell
• monocyte
• myelocyte
• neuron    [⇒ thesaurus]
• oocyte
• osteocyte
• phagocyte
• spermatocyte
• thrombocyte
• zygote
• somatic cell
• germ cell    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• organelle    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• cytosol
• vacuole
• mitochondrion
• vesicle
• cytoskeleton
• chloroplast
• lysosome

Holonyms

• body    [⇒ thesaurus]
• organ    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tissue

See also

• Category:Cytology

Further reading

• “cell” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “cell” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.