がん細さい胞ぼう

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Meanings

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cancer cell

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

Treatment must begin before the cancer cells metastasize.

この研けん究きゅうでは、がん細さい胞ぼう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
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.

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.

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.