NONCELLULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noncellular mean? 

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

1. not made up of or divided into cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONCELLULAR (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))

Antonym:

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

 Context examples 

Plasma is the fluid (noncellular) portion of the circulating blood, as distinguished from the serum that is the fluid portion of the blood obtained by removal of the fibrin clot and blood cells after coagulation.

(Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)