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Definition of Cells
1. cell [v] - See also: cell
Medical Definition of Cells
1. Minute protoplasmic masses that make up organised tissue, consisting of a nucleus which is surrounded by protoplasm which contains the various organelles and is enclosed in the cell or plasma membrane. Cells are the fundamental, structural, and functional units of living organisms. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cells
Literary usage of Cells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"Just below this are two intermediate size cells, and still below this and at a
slightly greater depth are three of these intermediate size cells ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"Just below this are two intermediate size cells, and still below this and at a
slightly greater depth are three of these intermediate size cells. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Mouse spleen cells at the density indicated were incubated at 37°C with or without
... After 1 hour, cells were resuspend- ed in fresh medium or in the same ..."