MULTICELLULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multicellular mean? 

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

1. consisting of many cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTICELLULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consisting of many cells

Context example:

multicellular organisms

Similar:

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

 Context examples 

Activation of cytokine receptors is involved in regulation of the immune system, cell proliferation, cell death, as well as other multicellular processes.

(Cytokine Receptor Activation, NCI Thesaurus)

Any process by which signals are passed from one cell to another through a direct multicellular interaction.

(Intercellular Communication Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Any multicellular process of immune cells effecting or involved with the immune response or immune maintenance.

(Immune System Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemokine binding protein 2 (384 aa, 43 kD) is a cell motility protein that is encoded by the human CCBP2 gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, immune response, chemotaxis and signal transduction.

(Chemokine-Binding Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

The reproductive cells in multicellular organisms.

(Murine Germ Cells, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Almost all complex multicellular life on Earth depends on oxygen.

(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)

A multicellular process involved in the formation of new, more mature, or differentiated cells or tissues.

(Histogenic Process, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-1B adrenergic receptor (520 aa, 57 kD) is a cell division process protein that is encoded by the human ADRA1B gene and has roles in multicellular organismal development, cell proliferation and cell signaling.

(Alpha-1B Adrenergic Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

The term microorganism may refer to a prokaryote or eukaryote, and may be a unicellular or multicellular organism.

(Microorganism, NCI Thesaurus)

A biologic function or a process having an abnormal or deleterious effect at the subcellular, cellular, multicellular, or organismal level.

(Pathologic Process, NCI Thesaurus)