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pleocellular

pleocellular adjective: having many more than the usual number of cells.

Adjective

pleocellular (not comparable)

  1. Having many more than the usual number of cells
    • Histological examination showed neutrophilic or pleocellular proliferative necrotizing bronchitis and bronchiolitis in all (6 out of 6) infected steers.2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pleocellular

From pleo- + cellular.

Questions about pleocellular

What does pleocellular mean?
Pleocellular means having many more than the usual number of cells.
What part of speech is pleocellular?
Pleocellular is an adjective.

Words near pleocellular in the dictionary

  1. Plenykiv
  2. pleo-
  3. pleoanamorphic
  4. pleoanamorphism
  5. pleoanamorphy
  6. pleocellular
  7. pleochroic
  8. pleochroic halo
  9. pleochroic haloes
  10. pleochroic halos
  11. pleochroism

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