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A small room in a prison. Also: The basic unit of living matter. Also: A device for making electricity by chemical action.

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  • An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
  • Environment ibuyphones Help the environment by getting rid of your old cell phones, & get cash for each one. #cell http://ibuyphones.com
  • The term cell is still used in biology today, all living things are composed of these, people might say.
  • The doctor takes a skin cell from the patient needing a new organ, and first converts it into a stem cell.
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  • She wanted to "sell" (promote the sale of an item) the secrets she had discovered in the "cell" (a single room as in a prison or religious institution).
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