ACELLULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acellular mean? 

• ACELLULAR (adjective)
  The adjective ACELLULAR has 1 sense:

1. not made up of or divided into cells

  Familiarity information: ACELLULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACELLULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not made up of or divided into cells

Synonyms:

acellular; noncellular

Similar:

cell-free (lacking cells)

one-celled; single-celled (having a single cell (and thus not divided into cells))

 Context examples 

Any vaccine derived from Neisseria meningitidis whether in whole-cell or acellular form used for prophylaxis against meningitis.

(Meningococcal Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine containing acellular antigenic components of Bordetella pertussis adsorbed on a mineral carrier with active immunizing activity against pertussis infection.

(Bordetella pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed, NCI Thesaurus)

An in vitro assay in which cultured cells are monitored and analyzed for their ability to move into an acellular area of a culture material.

(Migration Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

The presence of abundant mucoid or gelatinous, cellular or acellular material in the pelvis and abdominal cavity (pseudomyxoma peritonei) that is associated with the presence of an ovarian mucinous cystic tumor.

(Ovarian Mucinous Cystic Tumor Associated with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei, NCI Thesaurus)

A transparent homogeneous acellular layer, 6 to 9 um thick, lying between the basal lamina of the outer layer of stratified epithelium and the substantia propria of the cornea; it is considered to be a basement membrane.

(Bowman's Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

Acellular cadaveric dermal matrix (ACDM) is derived from human cadaveric dermis from which the epidermis, all viable cells and major histocompatibility class (MHC) II antigens have been removed to minimize alloimmunogenicity, while the dermal collagen matrix is preserved.

(Acellular Cadaveric Dermal Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)