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precellular

precellular adjective: before the formation of biological cells.

Adjective

precellular (not comparable)

  1. Before the formation of biological cells.
    • The precellular phase would involve astrophysical and geochemical activities at a time before the presence of biological cells.2011, Larry L. Barton, Diana E. Northup, Microbial Ecology, page 9
  2. Of or pertaining to precells.

Origin of precellular

From pre- + cellular.

Questions about precellular

What does precellular mean?
Precellular means before the formation of biological cells.
What part of speech is precellular?
Precellular is an adjective.

Words near precellular in the dictionary

  1. precellence
  2. precellency
  3. precellent
  4. precelling
  5. precells
  6. precellular
  7. precellularization
  8. precels
  9. precenozoic
  10. precensor
  11. precensored

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