CELLULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cellular mean? 

• CELLULAR (adjective)
  The adjective CELLULAR has 2 senses:

1. relating to cells

2. characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)

  Familiarity information: CELLULAR used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELLULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to cells

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cellular physiology

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

Derivation:

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

cell (a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction)

cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)

cell (small room in which a monk or nun lives)

cell (any small compartment)

cell (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization)

Context example:

any effective opposition to a totalitarian regime must be secretive and cellular

Similar:

cancellate; cancellated; cancellous (having an open or latticed or porous structure)

alveolate; cavitied; faveolate; honeycombed; pitted (pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb))

cell-like (resembling a cell)

lymphoblast-like (resembling a lymphoblast)

multicellular (consisting of many cells)

Domain category:

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Antonym:

noncellular (not made up of or divided into cells)

Derivation:

cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)

cell (any small compartment)

cell (a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement)

cellularity (the state of having cells)

 Context examples 

A class of signaling pathway proteins that function to mediate the coupling of multiple cell surface receptors to downstream signaling pathways in the regulation of various cellular functions.

(Adaptor Signaling Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent stimulates skin growth through modulation of cellular differentiation, inflammatory processes and keratinization of follicular epithelial cells.

(Adapalene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in nucleotide metabolism and cellular immunity.

(ADA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A class of genes that encode signaling pathway proteins that function to mediate the coupling of multiple cell surface receptors to downstream signaling pathways in the regulation of various cellular functions.

(Adaptor Signaling Protein Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity.

(ADCC, NCI Dictionary)

The neoplastic epithelial cells may or may not display cellular atypia or dysplasia.

(Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Adecatumumab binds to EpCAM, which may result in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) directed against EpCAM-expressing tumor cells.

(Adecatumumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intratumoral injection, Ad5-CMV-NIS is taken up by tumor cells, resulting in the cellular expression of NIS.

(Ad5-CMV-NIS, NCI Thesaurus)

The gene also plays a role in the regulation of cellular growth, differentiation and signal transduction.

(ACVR1B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes actin, gamma-enteric smooth muscle protein, is involved in the mediation of cellular motility.

(ACTG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)