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cellular

Relating to cells, the smallest living units that make up the body.

SEL-yuh-ler adjective

Word parts

cellul little cell (from Latin)-ar relating to

What it means

Used for anything that happens in or concerns cells. Cellular respiration is the way cells use oxygen and glucose to make energy; cell-mediated (cellular) immunity is the part of the immune system run by T cells; cellular damage is injury to cells from low oxygen, toxins or infection.

Related terms

cyt/o

A word part that means cell.

apoptosis

Programmed cell death: an orderly process by which the body removes cells it no longer needs.

mitosis

Cell division that makes two new cells, each with the same full set of chromosomes as the original.

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