Definition of cell

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Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed..

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Nucellus :: Nucellus (n.) See Nucleus, 3 (a)..
Sexlocular :: Sexlocular (a.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp..
Assapanic :: Assapanic (n.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..
Egg :: Egg (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell..
Hypnocyst :: Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts..
Hamilton Period :: Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology..
Element :: Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb..
Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares..
Intercellular :: Intercellular (a.) Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels..
Unicellular :: Unicellular (a.) Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism..
Loculament :: Loculament (n.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
Medullin :: Medullin (n.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose..
Chancellorship :: Chancellorship (n.) The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.
Black Hole :: Black hole () A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the cell (the Black Hole) in a fort at Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air..
Angiosporous :: Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi..
Excellently :: Excellently (adv.) In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness..
Excelled :: Excelled (imp. & p. p.) of Exce.
Oxyntic :: Oxyntic (a.) Acid; producing acid; -applied especially to certain glands and cells in the stomach.
Spermatogonium :: Spermatogonium (n.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids..
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