Definition of Cells

1. Noun. (plural of cell) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

cellophane
cellophane noodle
cellophane noodles
cellophanes
cellos
cellose
celloses
cellotaph
cellotaphs
cellotetraose
cellotriose
cellphone
cellphone lot
cellphone lots
cellphones
cells (current term)
cellubrevin
cellula
cellulae anteriores
cellulae coli
cellulae ethmoidales
cellulae mastoideae
cellulae mediae
cellulae pneumaticae tubae auditivae
cellulae posteriores
cellulae tympanicae
cellular
cellular automata
cellular automaton
cellular biology

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 ..."

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