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Urn one's broken in cell (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neuron

'cell' is the definition.
(neuron is a kind of cell)

'urn one's broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'urn'+'one'='urnone'
'urnone' anagrammed gives 'NEURON'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for neuron that I've seen before include "Conductor" , "Transmitter of nerve impulses" , "Part of one's nervous system" , "Transmitting nerve cell" , "Cell that conducts nerve impulses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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