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cellless

cellless adjective: without cells.

Adjective

cellless (not comparable)

  1. Without cells.
    • Salt tolerance, salt accumulation, and ionic homeostasis in an epidermal bladder-cellless mutant of the common ice plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 1957. Albert, R. (1975).2011 May 10, Plant Responses to Drought and Salinity stress: Developments in a Post-Genomic Era, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 187
    • However, the fluxes of potassium (k+) and chlorine (Cl-) cause a hyperpolarization making the cellless excitable. The opening of these channels is either voltage-dependent or linked to a neurotransmitter (Safini, Bouskraoui, Pédiatrie,[…]2019 February 22, Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Omar El Hiba, Denis Sereno, Lahouari Bounoua, Handbook of Research on Global Environmental Changes and Human Health, IGI Global, →ISBN...

Origin of cellless

From cell + -less.

Questions about cellless

What does cellless mean?
Cellless means without cells.
What part of speech is cellless?
Cellless is an adjective.

Words near cellless in the dictionary

  1. Cellinis
  2. cellist
  3. cellists
  4. Cellite
  5. Cellites
  6. cellless
  7. cellmate
  8. cellmates
  9. cello
  10. cello player
  11. cello players

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