Definition of Multicellular

1. Adjective. Consisting of many cells. "Multicellular organisms"

Similar to: Cellular

Definition of Multicellular

1. a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell.

Definition of Multicellular

1. Adjective. (biology of an organism) That has many cells, often differentiated in function. ¹

2. Noun. Such an organism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multicellular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Multicellular

1. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multicellular

multicarts
multicase
multicast
multicasted
multicasting
multicasts
multicat
multicategories
multicategory
multicauline
multicausal
multicausative
multicavous
multicell
multicelled
multicellular (current term)
multicellularity
multicellulars
multicenter
multicenter study
multicentral
multicentre
multicentred
multicentric
multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
multichain
multichallenger
multichambered
multichannel

Literary usage of Multicellular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"multicellular HAIRS multicellular hairs are divided into the uniseriate and the ... multicellular uniseriate non-branched hairs occur on the leaves of ..."

2. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"primary conditions of development, and we have here, as I believe, a clue to its determination.1 I. THE CELL IN RELATION TO THE multicellular BODY In ..."

3. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"The Development of the multicellular Organism Development is present in ... If we leave out of consideration the reproduction of the multicellular organism ..."

4. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"CHAPTER VII THE multicellular ORGANISM The student of Nature ... as the multicellular animals and plants are sometimes called. ..."

5. Biology: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by Herbert William Conn (1912)
"REPRODUCTION IN multicellular ORGANISMS multicellular organisms have the same two ... Simple division among multicellular organisms is more common among ..."

6. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"CONDITIONS OF GAMETE FORMATION IN THE multicellular ANIMALS Our knowledge concerning the physiological conditions which determine the formation of gametes ..."

7. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"IN multicellular animals or Metazoa, as in multicellular plants, a sharp distinction can usually he drawn between the ..."

8. Histology of Medicinal Plants by William Mansfield (1916)
"multicellular HAIRS multicellular hairs are divided into the uniseriate and the ... multicellular uniseriate non-branched hairs occur on the leaves of ..."

9. The Cell in Development and Inheritance by Edmund Beecher Wilson (1911)
"primary conditions of development, and we have here, as I believe, a clue to its determination.1 I. THE CELL IN RELATION TO THE multicellular BODY In ..."

10. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"The Development of the multicellular Organism Development is present in ... If we leave out of consideration the reproduction of the multicellular organism ..."

11. Foundations of Biology by Lorande Loss Woodruff (1922)
"CHAPTER VII THE multicellular ORGANISM The student of Nature ... as the multicellular animals and plants are sometimes called. ..."

12. Biology: An Introductory Study for Use in Colleges by Herbert William Conn (1912)
"REPRODUCTION IN multicellular ORGANISMS multicellular organisms have the same two ... Simple division among multicellular organisms is more common among ..."

13. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"CONDITIONS OF GAMETE FORMATION IN THE multicellular ANIMALS Our knowledge concerning the physiological conditions which determine the formation of gametes ..."

14. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"IN multicellular animals or Metazoa, as in multicellular plants, a sharp distinction can usually he drawn between the ..."

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