cellule

[ sel-yool ]

/ ˈsɛl yul /

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noun

a minute cell.

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cellular telephone, cellularity, cellularly, cellulase, cellulate, cellule, cellulicidal, cellulifugal, cellulipetal, cellulite, cellulitis

Origin of cellule

First recorded in 1645–55, cellule is from the Latin word cellula small room. See cell¹, -ule

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Cytoblast, sī′to-blast, n. the nucleus or germinal spot of a cellule, from which the organic cell is developed.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
This secondary conidium can sometimes engender a third cellule by a similar process.
Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
The cellule composed only of protoplasm and a nucleus possesses the very same faculty.
The Metaphysic of Christianity and Buddhism|Dawsonne M. Strong
For cellule means hunger and emaciation—awful hunger and awful emaciation.
In the Foreign Legion|Erwin Rosen

Then, with visions of "cellule" for every one concerned, four or five men sprang to pick up the champion.
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for cellule

cellule

/ (ˈsɛljuːl) /

noun

a very small cell

Word Origin for cellule

C17: from Latin cellula, diminutive of cella cell 1

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