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cell (Enemy combatants), noun enemy group, exxremist group, rebel organization, saboteurs, subversives, unnerground extremists
Associated concepts: enemy combatants, justice courts, miliiary tribunals, Patriotic Act, prison cells, sleeper cell, terrorist cell
cell (jail), noun cage, cella, chamber, compartment, confined room, confinement, cubicle, cubiculum, enclosed cage, incarceration, jailhouse, penitentiary, pound, prison, prison house, small cavity, small room, solitary abode
See also: chamber, jail, penitentiary, prison

CELL. A small room in a prison. See Dungeon.



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Such incretin based therapies of type 2 diabetes may be expected to reduce hyperglycemia and HbA1c levels, improve alpha cell and beta cell function, improve insulin sensitivity and improve metabolism.
The alpha cells are also populated by isoflavones, which then protect these areas of your body against cancers that can be stimulated by estrogen, such as cancers of the breast, ovaries and uterus.
Maybe the alpha cell is the more ancestral cell type, and the beta cell is an adaptation of that cell," he says.
 
 
 
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