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cell
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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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Although the liver consists primarily of hepatic parenchymal cells, several nonparenchymal cells--including stellate cells, pit cells, Kupffer cells, biliary cells, and endothelial cells--also are important for liver function.
Friedman was the first to isolate and characterize the hepatic stellate cell, which is the key cell type responsible for scar production in liver.
 
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