がん細さい胞ぼう

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ん

さ

い

ぼ

う

Meanings

1

noun

cancer cell

Refers to a single malignant cell; used in medical and biological contexts.

の

増ぞう

殖しょく

を

抑おさ

える

方ほう

法ほう

を

調しら

べ

て

いる

。

This research investigates ways to suppress the growth of cancer cells.

がん細さい胞ぼう
Standard modern spelling using hiragana for がん and kanji for 細胞.
癌がん細さい胞ぼう
Kanji spelling using 癌; common in medical contexts but 癌 is not a jōyō kanji, so がん is often preferred in general writing.
ガン細さい胞ぼう
Katakana spelling for がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.

がん
Refers to cancer as a disease or a malignant tumor, while がん細胞 specifically denotes individual cancer cells.
腫しゅ瘍よう
A general term for tumor, which can be benign or malignant; がん細胞 is specifically the cellular component of malignant tumors.

Compound of がん (cancer) and 細胞 (cell). The term is a direct calque from English 'cancer cell' and is widely used in modern medical Japanese.