adj. 1. 1 not containing cells cellular
Syn. -- cell-free [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. not made up of or divided into cells cellular
Syn. -- noncellular [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. occurring outside of cells or without the participation of cells. Opposite of cellular. [ PJC ]

a. (Bot.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula a little cell: cf. F. cellulaire. See Cellule. ] 1. Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. porous; containing cavities. [ PJC ]

3. pertaining to or using a system of transmission of telephone signals by radio, in which areas are divided into geographical parts (cells), each of which is served by a transmitter whose range is limited to that region, thus permitting a single transmission frequency to be used simulataneously in different parts of the same area. Cellular telephones are typically small and battery powered, allowing a subscriber with such a telephone to carry the telephone in a pocket or purse, over the entire area served, and to be contacted by a single telephone number. The system became widespread and popular in the 1980's and 1990's; as, cellular telephones sometimes lose their link unpredictably. [ PJC ]

Cellular plants,
Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and algæ. --
Cellular theory, or
Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed from the development of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues and organs which, both in plants and animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other. --
Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state of having cells. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Cellular. Caldwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf. F. cellule. See Cell. ] A small cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing little cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small lumpy deposits of body fat esp. on women's thighs and buttocks. Not used as a technical term. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis. ] An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cellulose + -oid. ] A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, cotton, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or containing or made from cellulose.
Syn. -- cellulosic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. located or occurring outside of a living cell or cells; as, extracellular fluid. Opposite of intracellular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Within a cell; as, the intracellular movements seen in the pigment cells, the salivary cells, and in the protoplasm of some vegetable cells; intracellular enzymes. Contrasted with extracellular. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A dragon fly; -- from Libellula, the name of the typical genus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. Libellula, the name of the typical genus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the dragon flies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or having, many cells or more than one cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nitro- + cellulose. ] (Chem.) See Gun cotton, under Gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not made up of or divided into cells. Opposite of cellular.
Syn. -- acellular. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Patellulæ [ NL., dim. of L. patella. See Patella. ] (Zool.) A cuplike sucker on the feet of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Surrounding a cell; as, the pericellular lymph spaces surrounding ganglion cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stellula, dim. of stella a star. ] 1. Having the shape or appearance of little stars; radiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked with starlike spots of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Minutely stellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gun cotton; -- so called because regarded as containing three nitro groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Umbellule. ] (Zool.) A genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. umbellula, dim. of umbella: cf. F. ombellule. ] (Bot.) An umbellet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + cellular. ] Having, or consisting of, but a single cell; as, a unicellular organism. [ 1913 Webster ]