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<oncology> Cell derived from a tumour in an animal. Refers to a tumour causing malignant cell and not an adventitious normal cell. Loosely, a transformed cell able to give rise to tumours.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
American spelling: tumor cell
(11 Mar 2008)
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