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epicellular

epicellular adjective: (of bacteria) Living in close proximity to but not inside the host cell.

Adjective

epicellular (not comparable)

  1. (of bacteria) Living in close proximity to but not inside the host cell.

Origin of epicellular

From epi- + cellular.

Questions about epicellular

What does epicellular mean?
Epicellular means (of bacteria) Living in close proximity to but not inside the host cell.
What part of speech is epicellular?
Epicellular is an adjective.

Words near epicellular in the dictionary

  1. epicedial
  2. epicedian
  3. epicedians
  4. epicedium
  5. epicedrol
  6. epicellular
  7. epicellularly
  8. epicene
  9. epicene they
  10. epiceneness
  11. epicenes

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