cancer body

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   an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer

   SynonymsRussell's body

   Broaderinclusion body

Questions about cancer body

What does cancer body mean?

cancer body means "an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer".

What is another word for cancer body?

Close synonyms include Russell's body. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cancer body a common word?

cancer body is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.