"acellular" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Yangolin-acellular.wav
Etymology: From a- + cellular. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|cellular}} a- + cellular Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acellular (not comparable)
  1. Not composed of cells; not cellular Tags: not-comparable Translations (not composed of cells): acel·lular (Catalan), acellulaire (French), acelular (Portuguese), acelular (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-acellular-en-adj-n0cghewN Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Cytology Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Cytology: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'not composed of cells': 96 4
  2. Especially of protists: consisting of only one complex cell. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-acellular-en-adj-yxzK1Kyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acellularization, acellularize
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