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noncellular

American  
[non-sel-yuh-ler] / nɒnˈsɛl yə lər /

adjective

  1. not composed of or containing cells.

    Cytoplasm is noncellular.


Etymology

Origin of noncellular

non- + cellular

Example Sentences

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By the third trimester, the volume of plasma, the noncellular, fluid component of blood, has increased by 50% or more.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

Cellular immunotherapies generally take blood cells and train them to fight blood cancers, such as leukemia or lymphoma, whereas noncellular immunotherapies are mostly used for solid tumors, like lung or bladder cancer.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

Apple is also releasing a noncellular version, which will run you $329.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2017

They possess outer and inner tissue layers that sandwich a noncellular mesoglea.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The algæ are a stage higher in the evolutionary scale than the undifferentiated noncellular plasmodium.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various