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autocellular

autocellular adjective: pertaining to functions or structures within a single cell, as opposed to those which are intercellular.

Adjective

autocellular (comparative more autocellular, superlative most autocellular)

  1. Pertaining to functions or structures within a single cell, as opposed to those which are intercellular.
    • A few examples are given in Fig. 21, but a point ought to be emphasized: the channels delineated by the scalariform junctions (with very frequent MS complexes) are closed at one end (by a septate junction in homocellular junctions, or are blind in autocellular junctions) and open at the other end...1980, International Review of Cytology - Volume 63, →ISBN, page 133

Forms of autocellular

comparativemore autocellular
superlativemost autocellular

Origin of autocellular

From auto- + cellular.

Questions about autocellular

What does autocellular mean?
Autocellular means pertaining to functions or structures within a single cell, as opposed to those which are intercellular.
What part of speech is autocellular?
Autocellular is an adjective.

Words near autocellular in the dictionary

  1. autocategorized
  2. autocategorizes
  3. autocategorizing
  4. autocatheterism
  5. autocatheterization
  6. autocellular
  7. autocentric
  8. autocentrism
  9. autocentromere
  10. autocephalia
  11. autocephalic

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